Definitions
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- noun Any of various proteins that combine with a lipid to form a lipoprotein and are a constituent of chylomicrons, HDL, LDL, and VLDL.
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- noun biochemistry Any
protein that can bind with alipid to form alipoprotein
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most of his argument is based on a recent study that showed progresson of artherosclerotic plaques with a low-carb diet in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice, a model commonly used to study arteriosclerosis.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » The Ups and Downs of Low-Carb Diets 2009
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[62] Plump AS, Smith JD, Hayek T, Aalto-Setala K, Walsh A, Verstuyft JG, et al. Severe hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice created by homologous recombination in ES cells.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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They found that people with most HDL, and another blood fat called apolipoprotein A had the lowest risk of developing bowel cancer.
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There's a gene on chromosome 19 called apolipoprotein-E.
Millennium Evening Transcript Informatics Meets Genomics ITY National Archives 1999
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Lp(a) consists of linked molecules of the protein portion of LDL called apolipoprotein(a) and LDL.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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Lp(a) consists of linked molecules of the protein portion of LDL called apolipoprotein(a) and LDL.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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One such region contains the gene that makes a blood fat called apolipoprotein E.
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One such region contains the gene that makes a blood fat called apolipoprotein E.
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Professor Han's work examined epsilon 4, a variant of a particular gene known as apolipoprotein E or APOE.
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HEART STRAIN: In the hour after you smoke a joint, the danger of a heart attack rises five-fold because pot boosts levels of a compound called apolipoprotein III that keeps fats stuck in your bloodstream.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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