Lipoprotein Lp(a): effects of allelic variation at the LPA locus.

Article

Lipoprotein Lp(a): effects of allelic variation at the LPA locus.

The Journal of experimental zoology - 1 Jan 2000

Rainwater D L, Kammerer C M

Abstract excerpt

Concentrations of the lipoprotein Lp(a) vary widely in healthy individuals, but in many studies, high concentrations are strongly associated with cardiovascular disease. On the basis of lipid and protein composition, Lp(a) is a variant of the atherogenic low-density lipoprotein but differs in pos...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Apolipoproteins
Genetic Heterogeneity
Humans
Lipoprotein(a)
Papio
Phenotype
Protein Conformation

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