Pax6 is required for differentiation of glucagon-producing α-cells in mouse pancreas

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6631, 1997, Pages 406-409

  St Onge, Luc ^a   Sosa Pineda, Beatriz ^a,b   Chowdhury, Kamal ^a   Mansouri, Ahmed ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GLUCAGON; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030914931     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387406a0     Document Type: Article

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