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A missense mutation at codon 188 of the human lipoprotein lipase gene is a frequent cause of lipoprotein lipase deficiency in persons of different ancestries.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 1990
Monsalve M V, Henderson H, Roederer G, Julien P, Deeb S, Kastelein J J, Peritz L, Devlin R, Bruin T, Murthy M R
Abstract excerpt
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a crucial role in the regulation of lipoprotein metabolism by hydrolysing the core triglycerides of circulating chylomicrons and VLDL. Human, bovine, mouse, and guinea pig complementary DNA clones have recently been isolated and the organization of the human LPL gene is now known to comprise 10 exons spanning approximately 30 kb. Here we report a similar mutation on 21 alleles from...
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