A World Wide Web site for low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations in familial hypercholesterolemia: sequence-based, tabular, and direct submission data handling.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00215-x

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A World Wide Web site for low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations in familial hypercholesterolemia: sequence-based, tabular, and direct submission data handling.

The American journal of cardiology - 15 Jun 1998

Wilson D J, Gahan M, Haddad L, Heath K, Whittall R A, Williams R R, Humphries S E, Day I N

Abstract excerpt

Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal dominant inherited condition characterized by a mutation in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. A database has been set up on the World Wide Web for mutations in the LDLR gene.

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Databases as Topic
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
Medical Informatics
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Receptors, LDL
United States

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