Similar organization of the lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) genes suggests a common gene family of lipid-binding proteins

Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 416-425

  Kirschning, Carsten J ^a,c   Au Young, Janice ^b   Lamping, Norbert ^a   Reuter, Dirk ^a,d   Pfeil, Dagmar ^a   Seilhamer, Jeffrey J ^b   Schumann, Ralf R ^a,e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Experimental Station   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d Sequenom GmbH Hamburg   (Germany)

^e MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 16; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; INTRON; LIPID TRANSPORT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031573998     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5030     Document Type: Article

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