"Apolipoprotein E3" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 34-kDa glycosylated protein. A major and most common isoform of apolipoprotein E. Therefore, it is also known as apolipoprotein E (ApoE). In human, Apo E3 is a 299-amino acid protein with a cysteine at the 112 and an arginine at the 158 position. It is involved with the transport of TRIGLYCERIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; CHOLESTEROL; and CHOLESTERYL ESTERS in and out of the cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D053318
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.532.091.500.500 D12.776.070.400.500.500 D12.776.521.120.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Apolipoprotein E3- Apolipoprotein E3
- Apo E3
- APOE-epsilon 3
- APOE epsilon 3
- Isoapolipoprotein E3
- ApoE3
- Apolipoprotein E-3
- Apolipoprotein E 3
- Apolipoprotein E-epsilon3
- Apolipoprotein E epsilon3
- Apo E-3
- Apo E 3
- APOE-epsilon3
- APOE epsilon3
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