Processing of proendothelin‐1 by members of the subtilisin‐like pro‐protein convertase family
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- 29 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 524 (1-3), 43-48
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02998-8
Abstract
Endothelial cells (ECs) secrete numerous bioactive peptides that are initially synthesized as inactive precursor proteins. One of these, proendothelin‐1 (proET‐1), undergoes proteolysis at specific p...Keywords
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