Insulin Production by Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Diabetes

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1691-1697

  Assady, Suheir ^a   Maor, Gila ^a   Amit, Michal ^a   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^a,b   Skorecki, Karl L ^a,b   Tzukerman, Maty ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCOKINASE; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PANCREAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0035434048     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.8.1691     Document Type: Article

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