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Preferred term

Apoprotein(a)  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A large and highly glycosylated protein constituent of LIPOPROTEIN (A). It has very little affinity for lipids but forms disulfide-linkage to APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100. Apoprotein(a) has SERINE PROTEINASE activity and can be of varying sizes from 400- to 800-kDa. It is homologous to PLASMINOGEN and is known to modulate THROMBOSIS and FIBRINOLYSIS.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antiangiogenic AK38 Protein
  • Apolipoprotein (a)
  • Apolipoprotein(a)
  • Apolipoprotein Lp(a)
  • Apolipoprotein Lp(a+)
  • Apo Lp(a)
  • Apoprotein (a)

In other languages

  • French

  • Apo Lp(a)
  • Apolipoprotéine (a)
  • Apolipoprotéine Lp(a)
  • Apolipoprotéine Lp(a+)
  • Apolipoprotéine(a)
  • Apoprotéine (a)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WQM2V5HN-P

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