Article
Haplotype analysis of CYP11B2.
Endocrine research - 1 Jan 2000
White P C, Slutsker L
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms affecting the synthesis of aldosterone or its regulation may have effects on blood pressure. For example, an autosomal dominant form of human hypertension, glucocorticoid suppressible hyperaldosteronism, is caused by recombination between the genes for aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2)...
Topics
- Alleles
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase