Sequence variations in the human Kir6.2 gene, a subunit of the beta-cell ATP-sensitive K-channel: No association with NIDDM in white Caucasian subjects or evidence of abnormal function when expressed in vitro

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1233-1236

  Sakura, H ^a   Wat, N ^b   Horton, V ^b   Millns, H ^b   Turner, R C ^b   Ashcroft, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP sensitive K channel; Insulin secretion; Kir6.2; Non insulin depenent diabetes mellitus; Pancreatic beta cell

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029740428     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02658512     Document Type: Article

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