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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in cerebrovascular & coronary heart diseases.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Oct 2010
Anoop Shajith, Misra Anoop, Meena Kiran, Luthra Kalpana
Abstract excerpt
The role of apolipoprotein E (apo E) in lipid metabolism and cholesterol transport is well established. About 14 per cent of the variation in plasma cholesterol levels is attributed to polymorphisms in APO E gene (APO E). APO E consists of three common alleles, designated as ε2, ε3 and ε4 which code for E2, E3 and E4 proteins respectively resulting in three homozygous (E2/E2, E3/E3, E4/E4) and three heterozygous...
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