LDL receptor-GFP fusion proteins: New tools for the characterisation of disease-causing mutations in the LDL receptor gene

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 815-822

  Holst, H U ^a   Dagnaes Hansen, F ^a   Corydon, T J ^a   Andreasen, P H ^a   Jorgensen M M ^a   Kolvraa S ^a   Bolund, L ^a   Jensen, T G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Familial Hypercholesterolaemia; In vivo assay; Tail vein injection; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; NAKED DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035663104     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200718     Document Type: Article

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