Robert L. Lester

In vitro studies of phospholipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

R. Lester, M. Steiner, Marion R. Steiner, 1972, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

The LCB2 gene of Saccharomyces and the related LCB1 gene encode subunits of serine palmitoyltransferase, the initial enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis.

R. Lester, R. C. Dickson, M. Nagiec, 1994, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

The phosphoinositol sphingolipids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are highly localized in the plasma membrane

R. Lester, J. L. Patton, Robert L. Lester, 1991, Journal of bacteriology.

Synthesis of Mannose-(inositol-P)2-ceramide, the Major Sphingolipid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Requires the IPT1 (YDR072c) Gene*

R. Lester, R. C. Dickson, M. Nagiec, 1997, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Coordination between fission yeast glucan formation and growth requires a sphingolipase activity.

K. Gould, A. Feoktistova, P. Pérez, 2001, Genetics.

Signalling functions for sphingolipid long-chain bases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

R. Lester, R. C. Dickson, C. Sumanasekera, 2005, Biochemical Society transactions.

Turnover of inositol and phosphorus containing lipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; extracellular accumulation of glycerophosphorylinositol derived from phosphatidylinositol.

W. Angus, R. Lester, Robert L. Lester, 1972, Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.

Cloning and characterization of LCB1, a Saccharomyces gene required for biosynthesis of the long-chain base component of sphingolipids

R. Lester, R. C. Dickson, W. Pinto, 1991, Journal of bacteriology.