Site-directed mutagenesis of the branchpoint sequence of intron 4 of the human lecithin : cholesterol acyltransferase gene

The lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) gene encodes a plasma enzyme that plays a key role in the metabolism of high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Previous mutations associated with LCAT deficiency syndromes have been identified in the coding regions of the LCAT gene. Recently, our laborato...

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Main Author: Li, Min
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11238