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Genetic variability of apolipoprotein E in a Polish population.
Human biology - 1 Dec 1998
Kowalska A, Wiechmann I, Walter H
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE, protein; APOE, gene) is a component of very low density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein and plays an important role in lipoprotein metabolism. There are three common alleles of APOE (*2, *3, and *4), which encode the E2, E3, and E4 isoforms of the protein. Distribution of apoE isoforms shows marked variation among various ethnic groups. Direct phenotyping of human APOE in plasma...
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