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CERS6 (gene)
Introduction
Ceramide synthase 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CERS6 gene. [1]
Further reading
Further reading
- Senkal CE, Ponnusamy S, Bielawski J, Hannun YA, Ogretmen B (2010). “Antiapoptotic roles of ceramide-synthase-6-generated C16-ceramide via selective regulation of the ATF6/CHOP arm of ER-stress-response pathways”. FASEB J. 24 (1): 296–308. doi:10.1096/fj.09-135087. PMC 2797032. PMID 19723703.