LOCALIZATION OF ACYL-COENZYME A-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE GENE TO HUMAN-CHROMOSOME 1Q25

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CHANG, CCY
NOLL, WW
MCMENEMY, NN
LINDSAY, EA
BALDINI, A
CHANG, W
CHANG, TY
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[1] DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MED CTR,DEPT PATHOL,LEBANON,NH
[2] BAYLOR COLL MED,INST MOLEC GENET,HOUSTON,TX 77030
[3] BAYLOR COLL MED,CTR HUMAN GENET,HOUSTON,TX 77030
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10.1007/BF02257489
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is an intracellular enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cholesterol esters from cholesterol and long-chain fatty acyl-coenzyme A. It is believed that ACAT plays a key role in lipoprotein metabolism and atherogenesis. Recently our laboratory succeeded in molecular cloning and functional expression of human macrophage ACAT cDNA. We have now mapped the ACAT gene to chromosome 1, band q25 by using fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes, and by Southern blotting analysis of human-hamster somatic cell hybrid panels.
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