A novel function for apolipoprotein B: Lipoprotein synthesis in the yolk sac is critical for maternal-fetal lipid transport in mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-360

  Farese Jr , Robert V ^a,b,c   Cases, Sylvaine ^a,b   Ruland, Sandra L ^a   Kayden, Herbert J ^d   Wong, Jinny S ^b   Young, Stephen G ^a,b,c   Hamilton, Robert L ^b,c  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; development; gene targeting; lipoproteins; tocopherol; yolk sac

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0029933263     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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