A novel mosaic protein containing LDL receptor elements is highly conserved in humans and chickens

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 996-1002

  Mörwald, Sonja ^a   Yamazaki, Hiroyuki ^b,c   Bujo, Hideaki ^a,b   Kusunoki, Jun ^b   Kanaki, Tatsuro ^b   Seimiya, Kouichi ^b   Morisaki, Nobuhiro ^b   Nimpf, Johannes ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang Johann ^a   Saito, Yasushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain; cell adhesion; gene family; vacuolar protein sorting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHICKEN; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0242437092     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.5.996     Document Type: Article

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