Activation of angiotensin II-forming chymase in the cardiomyopathic hamster heart

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-440

  Shiota, Naotaka ^a   Fukamizu, Akiyoshi ^b   Takai, Shinji ^a   Okunishi, Hideki ^c   Murakami, Kazuo ^b   Miyazaki, Mizuo ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I converting enzyme; Cardiomyopathic hamster; Chymotrypsin like serine protease; Heart failure; Molecular cloning

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXON; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030970908     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715040-00014     Document Type: Article

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