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Natriuretic peptide pharmacogenetics: membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME): common gene sequence variation, functional characterization and degradation.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Nov 2010
Pereira Naveen L, Aksoy Pinar, Moon Irene, Peng Yi, Redfield Margaret M, Burnett John C, Wieben Eric D, Yee Vivien C, Weinshilboum Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME), also known as neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (EC 3.4.24.11), is involved in the metabolism of natriuretic peptides that play a key role in modulating cardiac structure and function. Common genetic variation in MME has not been addressed by resequencing the gene using DNA from different ethnic populations. We set out to identify and functionally characterize common genetic...
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