sphingolipidomics
English
Etymology
sphingolipidome + -ics
Noun
sphingolipidomics (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) The study of the sphingolipidome of an organism or cell
- 2007, Jean-Louis Vincent, Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2007, page 262:
- In fact, the methods of sphingolipidomics also facilitate the determination of isotype specific effects, such as the induction of mitochondrial apoptosis exclusively by C16:0 ceramide. […] Sphingolipidomics will provide thrill information on the source and the 'job history' of a unique metabolite by comparative analysis of the levels of its de novo precursors versus its degradation products.
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