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Abbreviations

HPLC/ESI-MS/MS:

High-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

PCD:

Programmed cell death

SAT:

Sphinganine N-acyltransferase

UDP:

Uridine diphosphate

VLCFAs:

Very long-chain fatty acids

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  1. Department of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Goettingen, Germany

    Cornelia Herrfurth

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    Markus R. Wenk

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Herrfurth, C. (2018). Ceramides and Ceramide-1-Phosphates in Plants: Functional Diversity of. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_157-1

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