See Also: very low density lipoprotein(medicine)
low density lipoprotein(medicine)
Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)(health)
low density lipoprotein receptor(medicine)
low-density lipoprotein receptors(medicine)
high density lipoprotein(medicine)
intermediate density lipoprotein(medicine)
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)(health)
familial high density lipoprotein deficiency(medicine)
tamandua(dictionary)

low density lipoprotein receptor (medicine) and tamandua (iou)


low density lipoprotein receptor (medicine)


low density lipoprotein receptor
<biochemistry> A cell surface protein that mediates the endocytosis of low density lipoprotein by cells.

Genetic defects in low density lipoprotein receptors lead to abnormal serum levels of low density lipoprotein and hypercholesterolaemia.


tamandua (iou)



tamandua noun. E17.
[Portuguese from Tupi tamandua, from ta (contr. of taly) ant + monduar hunter.]
A New World anteater. Now spec., either of two small arboreal prehensile-tailed anteaters, Tamandua mexicana (more fully northern tamandua) and T. tetradactyla (more fully southern tamandua).