Lipid-free Apolipoprotein A-I Structure: Insights into HDL Formation and Atherosclerosis Development

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 351-360

  Mei, Xiaohu ^a   Atkinson, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Atherosclerosis; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Structure

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; APOLIPOPROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; N TERMINAL DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84938091306     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.05.012     Document Type: Review

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