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RENIN-LIKE enzymes have been extracted from a variety of tissues other than the kidney, including cat placenta1, rabbit uterine muscle and placenta2–4, hog aorta5 and mouse submaxillary gland6,7.
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SYMONDS, E., STANLEY, M. & SKINNER, S. Production of Renin by in vitro Cultures of Human Chorion and Uterine Muscle. Nature 217, 1152–1153 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171152a0
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