The apolipoprotein(a) gene is regulated by sex hormones and acute–phase inducers in YAC transgenic mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 424-431

  Frazer, Kelly A ^a   Narla, Goutham ^a   Zhang, Jun Li ^a   Rubin, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; ESTRADIOL; HAPTOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TURPENTINE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028920057     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0495-424     Document Type: Article

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