A short history of inositol lipids.
The diverse family of inositol lipids is now known to be central to many aspects of cell biology. The route from the first discovery of inositol to our present day knowledge of inositol lipids spans more than 150 years and is long and complex. This is a brief account of some of the most important stages along that route.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom rfi20@cam.ac.uk.
Robin F
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Irvine
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D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010743:Phospholipids; D007294:Inositol; D010738:Type C Phospholipases
history; phosphatidylinositol; phosphoinositides; phospholipases/C; phospholipids; phospholipids/phosphatidylinositol; polyphosphoinositol lipids; receptors/hormone