Medical Definition of Ceramide 1-phosphorylcholine
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A sphingolipid in which the head group is phosphoryl choline. A close analogue of phosphatidylcholine. In many cells the concentration of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine in the plasma membrane seems to bear a reciprocal relationship.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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