STARTing to understand MLN64 function in cholesterol transport

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2015-2017

  Rigotti, Attilio ^a   Cohen, David E ^b   Zanlungo, Silvana ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; NIEMANN PICK TYPE C 1 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN LIPID TRANSFER DOMAIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIVER INJURY; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77956863466     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.E008854     Document Type: Note

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