Study of apoB gene signal peptide insertion/deletion polymorphism in a healthy Serbian population: No association with serum lipid levels

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-65

  Glišić, Sanja ^a   Prljić, Jelena ^a   Radovanović, Nataša ^a   Alavantić, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

apoB gene; Lipids; PCR; Polymorphism; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RISK FACTORS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 13744265234     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)06556-X     Document Type: Article

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