Dangerous Fat (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

Dangerous Fat

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Deoxysphingolipids (green) interfere not only with the work of the mitochondria (red) but also with cell division. Some of them therefore have two nuclei (turquoise).

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© AG Kürschner/Universität Bonn

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