An alternative transcript of the rat renin gene can result in a truncated prorenin that is transported into adrenal mitochondria

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-344

  Clausmeyer, Susanne ^a   Stürzebecher, Raphaela ^b   Peters, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Mitochondria; Prorenin; Protein targeting; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

PRORENIN; RENIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0344528550     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.3.337     Document Type: Article

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