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Single marker and haplotype analysis of the chicken apolipoprotein B gene T123G and D9500D9- polymorphism reveals association with body growth and obesity.
Poultry science - 1 Feb 2006
Zhang S, Li H, Shi H
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein B (apoB) is synthesized in the mammalian small intestine and liver, where it serves an essential role in the assembly and secretion of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and is the constituent of very low density lipoprotein, intermediate density lipoprotein, and low density lipoprotein (LDL), and is the ligand for the LDL receptor. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of the apoB...
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