Abstract
Many extracellular signaling proteins act within their cells of synthesis and/or in target cells after internalization. This type of action is called intracrine and it plays a role in diverse biological processes. The mechanisms of intracrine intracellular action are becoming clear thanks to the application of modern techniques of molecular biology. Here, progress in this area is reviewed. In particular the intracrine biology of angiotensin II is discussed.
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Re, R.N., Cook, J.L. (2015). Studies of Intracellular Angiotensin II. In: Allen, B., Hébert, T. (eds) Nuclear G-Protein Coupled Receptors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1234. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1755-6_1
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