Chromosome 17q23: a locus for cardiovascular disease.

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1. The gene for dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase 1 (angiotensin I-converting enzyme, kininase II; DCP1), located on chromosome 17q23, has been implicated in hypertension in rats. In humans associations have been found for the insertion allele of a bi-allelic insertion/deletion polymorphism of DCP1 with hypertension and the deletion allele with myocardial infarction. Other hypertension studies have, however, failed to...

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