Activated and Inactivated Renin-Angiotensin System in Transgenic Animals: From Genes to Blood Pressure

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-131

  Fukamizu, Akiyoshi ^a   Murakami, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; HEREDITY; HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 0030904651     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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