CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Deletion of the Angiotensinogen Gene Reduces Hypertension: A Potential for Cure?
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SUBMITTER: Sun H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896968 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
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CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Deletion of the Angiotensinogen Gene Reduces Hypertension: A Potential for Cure?
Sun Hualing H Hodgkinson Conrad P CP Pratt Richard E RE Dzau Victor J VJ
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20210405 6
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