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ANP causes diuresis, natriuresis, an expansion of blood vessels, and a reduction of blood pressure (17). 3.2. Gene structure and expression of BNP and NT-proBNP. The BNP gene is located on human chromosome 1, and is in series with the ANP gene, which is in the 8,000 bases upstream of the BNP gene. In 1989, the complete nucleotide sequence of ... ................
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