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标题：Highly polymorphic apolipoprotein A-IV locus in the baboon.
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作者：R E Ferrell ; B Sepehrnia ; M I Kamboh 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：1990
卷号：31
期号：1
页码：131-135
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Apolipoprotein A-IV is found in mesenteric lymph chylomicrons, very low density lipoprotein particles, high density lipoprotein particles, and in the lipoprotein-free fraction of plasma. Apolipoprotein A-IV is polymorphic in a variety of species including human, dog, and horse. Efforts to estimate the impact of apolipoprotein A-IV structural variation on quantitative lipid levels in humans have been limited by the low frequency of the less common alleles. In the baboon, Papio hamadryas anubis, we have found apolipoprotein A-IV to be highly variable at the protein level with five alleles appearing at polymorphic frequency. We have confirmed the autosomal codominant inheritance of these five alleles in pedigreed baboons. The baboon has been shown to be a suitable animal model for the study of atherosclerosis, and the existence of a common, multi-allele apolipoprotein A-IV polymorphism in the baboon may be useful in elucidating the role of apolipoprotein A-IV in lipid metabolism.