MeSH note : a nonfunctional variant of apo C-II, identified at the St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto;
substitution at residue 70, glutamine (Q) replaced by proline (P), consistent with
a base insertion in the codon for Asp69 or Gln70 in the APOC2 gene and a subsequent
translation reading frame shift; associated with premature ischemic vascular disease;
MeSH synonym : apolipoprotein C-IIs; apolipoprotein CII St Michael; apo C-II (St Michael); apoCIIs;