Article
Transthyretin (prealbumin) in health and disease: nutritional implications.
Annual review of nutrition - 1 Jan 1994
Ingenbleek Y, Young V
Abstract excerpt
The name "transthyretin" reflects the dual physiological roles of this tetrameric unglycosylated plasma protein. TTR is one of three specific carrier proteins involved in the transport of both thyroid hormones and of retinol through the mediation of RBP. TTR is a product of the visceral compartme...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nutrition Surveys
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Prealbumin
- Protein Conformation
- Stress, Physiological