A fourth isoform of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE-1) is generated from an additional promoter: Molecular cloning and characterization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Valdenaire, Olivier ^a   Lepailleur Enouf, Delphine ^a   Egidy, Giorgia ^a   Thouard, Anne ^a   Barret, Alain ^a   Vranckx, Roger ^a   Tougard, Claude ^a   Michel, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alternate promoters; Endothelin; Endothelin converting enzyme (ECE 1) isoforms

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033198791     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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