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) and steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), creating a chimeric gene in which the CYP11B1 promoter and CYP11B2-specific...
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