Cloning and characterization of cholesteryl ester transfer protein isolated from the tree shrew

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 928-931

  Zeng, Wuwei ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Chen, Baosheng ^a   Wu, Gang ^a   Xue, Hong ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; cDNA sequence; Cholesteryl ester transfer protein; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; LIPID; METHIONINE; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAPID AMPLIFICATION OF CDNA END; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITCHING MECHANISM AT 5' END OF RNA TRANSCRIPT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0037560057     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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