Distinct renin isoforms generated by tissue-specific transcription initiation and alternative splicing

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-246

  Lee Kirsch, Min Ae ^a,b   Gaudet, Francois ^c   Cardoso, M Cristina ^c   Lindpaintner, Klaus ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Brain; Gene expression; Renin; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; RENIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0033524747     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.2.240     Document Type: Article

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