Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a zinc metallopeptidase, with primary known functions of converting angiotensin I into the vasoactive and aldosterone-stimulating peptide angiotensin II and ...

Mitochondrial malic enzyme (ME M) was examined by starch gel electrophoresis in 126 liver samples and 43 leukocytes from adult subjects in Japanese. The estimated gene frequencies of ME M were 0.56 ...

The objective was to investigate whether the renin–angiotensin (RA) system and related peptides endothelin-1 (ET-1) and vasopressin (VP) influence the development of coronary artery disease (CAD).

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A comparative study of chromosomal and enzyme polymorphisms in Drosophila pseudoobscura and in D. persimilis was conducted from April 1971 to ...

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Pretreatment Biopsies From Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma As a Predictive Factor for a Benefit From Accelerated Radiation Therapy in a Randomized ...

The potential of multilocus electrophoretic studies for providing insight into the population biology of parasitic organisms was studied using the swine parasite Ascaris suum suum. Thirty-eight loci ...

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a large heterogeneous sample of cancer patients. Background: Improper work of enzymes involved in the metabolism of reactive oxygen derivatives and detoxification ...

Researchers have identified a new function of a well-known enzyme: the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the quality control of membrane proteins. The discovery of this new function for a ...

Different people taking the same drug can have markedly different responses to the same dose. While many people will get the intended effects, some may get little to no benefit, and others may get ...

Using normal nuclear families recruited in a center for preventive medicine, significant familial correlations for plasma ACE levels were observed among genetically related individuals [9]; this study ...