apo A-IV
apo A-IV
A gene that encodes apo A-IV; allelic polymorphism in apo A-IV results in the substitution of histidine for glutamine at position 360 near the COOH terminus, generating the isoform apo IV-2, which attenutates the hypercholesterolemic response to dietary cholesterol. See Apolipoprotein A-IV.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.