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Sorting an LDL receptor with bound PCSK9 to intracellular degradation

Trond P Leren1

  • 1Unit for Cardiac and Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Atherosclerosis
|September 16, 2014
PubMed
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Keywords:
CathepsinDegradationEndosomeLDL receptorPCSK9

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