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Review
. 2018:1804:1-17.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8552-4_1.

Chemical and Physicochemical Properties of Gangliosides

Laura Mauri  1 , Sandro Sonnino  1 , Alessandro Prinetti  2
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Review

Chemical and Physicochemical Properties of Gangliosides

Laura Mauri et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2018.

Abstract

In this chapter, we briefly describe the structural features of gangliosides, and focus on the peculiar chemicophysical features of gangliosides, an important class of membrane amphipathic lipids that represent an important driving force determining the organization and properties of cellular membranes.

Keywords: Ceramide; Gangliosides; Glycosphingolipids; Lipid rafts; Sphingosine.

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