ApoB-54.8, a truncated apolipoprotein found primarily in VLDL, is associated with a nonsense mutation in the apoB gene and hypobetalipoproteinemia.
A new, large kindred with hypobetalipoproteinemia and a previously undescribed truncated form of apolipoprotein B (apoB) has been identified. The asymptomatic, Caucasian male proband (CK, aged 37 years) has total plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein-(LDL) cholesterol, high densi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1991-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520419972 |