Article
Alternative forms of the scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI).
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jul 1997
Webb N R, de Villiers W J, Connell P M, de Beer F C, van der Westhuyzen D R
Abstract excerpt
The class B, type I scavenger receptor has been implicated as a receptor for high density lipoprotein (HDL). We have isolated a murine cDNA clone encoding an alternative form of SR-BI that differs in the putative cytoplasmic domain of the receptor. This variant form, likely the result of alternat...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Adrenal Glands
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- CD36 Antigens
- Cell Line
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Liver
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger
- Receptors, Immunologic
