E2A gene products are not required for insulin gene expression

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3540-3543

  Itkin Ansari, Pamela ^a   Bain, Gretchen ^c   Beattie, Gillian M ^b   Murre, Cornelis ^c   Hayek, Alberto ^b   Levine, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAGON; INSULIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029980936     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.8.8754784     Document Type: Article

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