Adrenaline cells of the rat adrenal cortex and medulla contain renin and prorenin

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-184

  Berka, Jennifer L ^a   Kelly, Darren J ^a   Robinson, David B ^a   Alcorn, Daine ^a   Marley, Philip D ^a   Fernley, Ross T ^a   Skinner, Sandford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; Paracrine function; Tissue renin; Transgenic Ren 2 rat

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; LISINOPRIL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRORENIN; RENIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SECRETORY GRANULE; TRANSGENE; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0029952185     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03808-7     Document Type: Article

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