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Science 17 April 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5925, pp. 343 - 344
DOI: 10.1126/science.1173278
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CELL BIOLOGY:
Ceramides--Friend or Foe in Hypoxia?

C. Michael Crowder

Molecular details of how nematode cells respond to a low-oxygen environment suggest a possible mechanism by which mammalian cells survive hypoxic conditions.

Departments of Anesthesiology and Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. E-mail: crowderm{at}morpheus.wustl.edu

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