Possible Common Mutations in the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Gene in Chinese

Human Mutation

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL 1, 1998, Pages

  Mak, Y T ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Chan, Y S ^a   Mak, T W L ^a   Tomlinson, B ^b   Masarei, J R L ^a,c   Pang, C P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c The Promenade Mt Pleasant   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DNA; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; NUCLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HONG KONG; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHINA; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 0031974999     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380110197     Document Type: Article

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