Quantitative analysis of the expression of ACAT genes in human tissues by real-time PCR

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 686-696

  Smith, Jeffery L ^a   Rangaraj, Kavitha ^a   Simpson, Robert ^a   Maclean, Donald J ^a   Nathanson, Les K ^a   Stuart, Katherine A ^b   Scott, Shaun P ^c   Ramm, Grant A ^c   De Jersey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol metabolism; Duodenum; Gallstones; Intestine; Liver; Sterol o acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TAQ POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642506249     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M300365-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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