Activation of renal renin by a protein plasma fraction: A novel enzymatic mechanism

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 433-438

  De Vito, Eduardo ^a   De Martinez Melián, Elena R ^a   Guardia, D Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

enzyme inhibitors; inactive renin; kidney; nephrectomized rats; prorenin; renin activation; renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVATOR; RENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 0029881704     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02065-9     Document Type: Article

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