Sodium-lithium countertransport and the Gly460 → Trp α-adducin polymorphism in essential hypertension

Clinical Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-236

  Mead, Paul A ^a   Harvey, John N ^b   Rutherford, Peter A ^b   Leitch, Helen ^b   Thomas, Trevor H ^c  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adducin; Enzyme kinetics; Essential hypertension; Polymorphism; Sodium lithium countertransport

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LITHIUM; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM; THIOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL;

ADULT; ALKYLATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPORTERS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 14844335963     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040267     Document Type: Article

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