The Caudal homeobox protein cdx-2/3 activates endogenous proglucagon gene expression in InR1-G9 islet cells

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Jin, Tianru ^a,b   Trinh, D K Y ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Drucker, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROGLUCAGON;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031016385     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.11.2.9882     Document Type: Article

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