A genome-wide search replicates evidence of a quantitative trait locus for circulating angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) unlinked to the ACE gene

• Main Authors: Adeyemo Adebowale A (Author), Luke Amy (Author), Forrester Terrence E (Author), Zhu Xiaofeng (Author), McKenzie Colin A (Author), Bouzekri Nourdine (Author), Cooper Richard S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in cardiovascular homeostasis. There is evidence from different ethnic groups that circulating ACE levels are influenced by a quantitative trait locus (QTL) at the ACE gen...