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News on the molecular regulation and function of hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor and LDLR-related protein 1

Bart van de Sluis1, Melinde Wijers, Joachim Herz

  • 1aSection of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands bDepartments of Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience, Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, Center for Translational Neurodegeneration Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

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