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A truncated species of apolipoprotein B (B-38.7) in a patient with homozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia associated with diabetes mellitus.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Aug 1998
Ohashi K, Ishibashi S, Yamamoto M, Osuga J, Yazaki Y, Yukawa S, Yamada N
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia is caused by mutations in the apolipoprotein (apo) B gene. We identified a 57-year-old woman whose plasma total cholesterol and apoB levels were 2.17 mmol/L and 0.03 g/L, respectively. Separation of plasma lipoproteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the absence of apoB-100 and the presence of a faster-migrating form of apoB with an apparent...
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