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A common Hpa I RFLP of apolipoprotein C-I increases gene transcription and exhibits an ethnically distinct pattern of linkage disequilibrium with the alleles of apolipoprotein E.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jan 1999
Xu Y, Berglund L, Ramakrishnan R, Mayeux R, Ngai C, Holleran S, Tycko B, Leff T, Shachter N S
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein (apo) C-I is a constituent of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TGRL) that interferes with their hepatic clearance. Functional polymorphism in the apoC-I gene has not been established. We determined that an Hpa I site variably present at -317 relative to the apoC-I gene is produced by a 4-bp CGTT insertion. The apoC-I Hpa I alleles showed an ethnically distinct pattern of linkage disequilibrium with...
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