Exogenous ether lipids predominantly target mitochondria.

Ether lipids are ubiquitous constituents of cellular membranes with no discrete cell biological function assigned yet. Using fluorescent polyene-ether lipids we analyzed their intracellular distribution in living cells by microscopy. Mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum accumulated high amount...

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Main Authors: Lars Kuerschner, Doris Richter, Hans Kristian Hannibal-Bach, Anne Gaebler, Andrej Shevchenko, Christer S Ejsing, Christoph Thiele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3279356?pdf=render