Big deal about a little insulin

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 614-615

  Flier, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIGUANIDE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STREPTOZOCIN; SULFONYLUREA; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INSULIN BINDING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDOLES; INSULIN; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; RECEPTOR, INSULIN;

EID: 0033037258     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9456     Document Type: Short Survey

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