Renin

Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, Second Edition: Volume 1: Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 54-61

  Suzuki, Fumiaki ^a   Murakami, Kazuo ^b   Nakamura, Yukio ^a   Inagami, Tadashi ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Foundation for Advancement of International Science   (Japan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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