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apolipoprotein
1) Protein components of lipoproteins which remain after the lipids to which the proteins are bound have been removed; they play an important role in lipid transport and metabolism.
2) The protein component of lipoproteins.
3) Any of the proteins that combine with a lipid to form a lipoprotein and that are now grouped into four classes designated A, B, C, and E and formerly into a fifth class D now considered part of A -- often followed by the letter designating the class or by the letter and a number expressed in Roman or Arabic numerals to indicate a specific member of the class (apolipoprotein B is a major component of LDL).
- ส่วนหนึ่งของคำพูด: noun
- อุตสาหกรรม/ขอบเขต: Medical
- Category: Human genome
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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