Mouse mast cell protease-1 cleaves angiotensin I to form angiotensin II

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 302, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 773-777

  Saito, Kayo ^a   Muto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tomimori, Yoshiaki ^a   Imajo, Seiichi ^a   Maruoka, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Taisaku ^a   Yamashiro, Kyoko ^a   Fukuda, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Chymase; Mast cell protease 1; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; CHYMASE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; META TYROSINE; PHENYLALANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TIME;

EID: 0037459167     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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