Cryo-electron microscopy of low density lipoprotein and reconstituted discoidal high density lipoprotein: Imaging of the apolipoprotein moiety

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 659-669

  Van Antwerpen, Rik ^a   Chen, G Chi ^c   Pullinger, Clive R ^c   Kane, John P ^c   LaBelle, Michael ^d   Krauss, Ronald M ^d   Luna Chavez, Cesar ^d   Forte, Trudy M ^d   Gilkey, John C ^b  

^a University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cold stage; HDL; LDL; lipoprotein structure; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; ICE; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0031000970     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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