Identification and characterisation of the angiotensin converting enzyme-3 (ACE3) gene: a novel mammalian homologue of ACE
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- 27 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Genomics
- Vol. 8 (1), 194
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-194
Abstract
Mammalian angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) plays a key role in blood pressure regulation. Although multiple ACE-like proteins exist in non-mammalian organisms, to date only one other ACE homologue, ACE2, has been identified in mammals.Keywords
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