Pax genes and the differentiation of hormone-producing endocrine cells in the pancreas

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-54

  Dohrmann, Cord ^a   Gruss, Peter ^b   Lemaire, Lydia ^a  

^a DeveloGen AG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental control genes; Diabetes mellitus; Differentiation; Endocrine cell lineage; Knock out; Organogenesis; Pancreas; Pax4; Pax6; Small eye

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PANCREAS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034003392     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00324-X     Document Type: Review

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