Endocrine Abstracts

ApoB plays a central role in lipoprotein metabolism through regulation of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations in plasma. Two restriction fragment length polymorphisms (ECoRI and XbaI) represent single base alterations in the coding region of ApoB gene. ECoRI polymorphic region of ApoB gene is due to on an amino acid change (Glu→Lys). The XbaI polymorphic region of ApoB gene results from a substitution of (A→T) in the threonine codon and doe...