Angiotensin I-converting enzyme-like activity in a cephalochordate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2004
Abstract
The presence of angiotensin I-converting enzyme-like activity (ACELA) was investigated in whole body homogenates of Branchiostoma lanceolatum using a highly sensitive fluorimetric assay. The measured enzyme activity was inhibited by the two angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, captopril and enalapril, suggesting a biochemical pathway that could generate the angiotensins observed in the central nervous system of amphioxus.
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1307 - 1308
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- 2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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