The Pax4 gene is essential for differentiation of insulin-producing β cells in the mammalian pancreas

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6623, 1997, Pages 399-402

  Sosa Pineda, Beatriz ^a,b   Chowdhury, Kamal ^a   Torres, Miguel ^a,c   Oliver, Guillermo ^a,b   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE TARGETING; GLUCAGON; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LAC OPERON; MAMMALS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030897629     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386399a0     Document Type: Article

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