Analysis of the role of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in the liver of tissue-specific knockout mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1287-1298

  Raabe, Martin ^a,d   Véniant, Murielle M ^a   Sullivan, Meghan A ^a   Zlot, Constance H ^a   Björkegren, Johan ^a   Nielsen, Lars Bo ^a,e   Wong, Jinny S ^a   Hamilton, Robert L ^a   Young, Stephen G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0344349000     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6576     Document Type: Article

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