Sequence divergence in a specific region of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) explains differences in islet amyloid formation between species

FEBS Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 1989, Pages 261-264

  Betsholtz, Christer ^a   Christmansson, Lars ^a,d   Engström, Ulla ^b   Rorsman, Frederik ^a   Svensson, Viveka ^a   Johnson, Kenneth H ^c   Westermark, Per ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Diabetes mellitus; Islet amyloid polypeptide; Sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAMSTERS; HUMAN; INSULINOMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0024400674     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81467-X     Document Type: Article

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