Immunodepletion experiments suggest that acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase-1 (ACAT-1) protein plays a major catalytic role in adult human liver, adrenal gland, macrophages, and kidney, but not in intestines

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1722-1727

  Lee, Oneil ^a   Chang, Catherine C Y ^a   Lee, William ^b   Chang, Ta Yuan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteryl esters; Detergents; Hepatocytes; Membrane protein solubilization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; CHOLIC ACIDS; DETERGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; SOLUBILITY; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031847230     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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