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Differential ACE expression among tissues in allele-specific Wistar rat lines.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Mar 2009
Kamilic Jelena, Lely A Titia, van Goor Harry, Buikema Hendrik, Tent Hilde, Navis Gerjan J, Korstanje Ron
Abstract excerpt
In humans, the insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene accounts for half of the variance in plasma ACE activity. The deletion allele is associated with high plasma ACE activity, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease. In rat, a similar association is found between the B and L alleles of a microsatellite marker in the ACE gene. We identified the B/L variation in the...
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