Ance, a Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue, is expressed in imaginal cells during metamorphosis and is regulated by the steroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone.

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Published in Biochem J on October 01, 2002

Authors

Richard J Siviter1, Christine A M Taylor, Deborah M Cottam, Adrian Denton, M Paulina Dani, Martin J Milner, Alan D Shirras, R Elwyn Isaac

Author Affiliations

1: Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, L. C. Miall Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.

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