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Caveolin-1 is not required for murine intestinal cholesterol transport.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Jul 2005
Valasek Mark A, Weng Jian, Shaul Philip W, Anderson Richard G W, Repa Joyce J
Abstract excerpt
Caveolin-1 (CAV1) is the structural protein of the filamentous coat that decorates the cytoplasmic surface of each caveola. Cell culture studies have implicated CAV1 in playing an important role in intracellular cholesterol trafficking. In addition, it has been reported that CAV1 forms a detergent-resistant protein complex with Annexin-2 in enterocytes that can be disrupted by the cholesterol absorption inhibitor...
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