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Activity-associated effect of LDL receptor missense variants located in the cysteine-rich repeats.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2015
Etxebarria A, Benito-Vicente A, Stef M, Ostolaza H, Palacios L, Martin C
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BACKGROUND: The LDL receptor (LDLR) is a Class I transmembrane protein critical for the clearance of cholesterol-containing lipoprotein particles. The N-terminal domain of the LDLR harbours the ligand-binding domain consisting of seven cysteine-rich repeats of approximately 40 amino acids each. M...
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