Induction of pancreatic islet cell differentiation by the neurogenin-neuroD cascade

Differentiation

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Gasa, Rosa ^a,b   Mrejen, Caroline ^b   Lynn, Francis C ^b   Skewes Cox, Peter ^b   Sanchez, Lidia ^a   Yang, Katherine Y ^b   Lin, Chin Hsing ^c   Gomis, Ramon ^a   German, Michael S ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Endocrine; Islet development; NeuroD; Neurogenin3; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROD2 PROTEIN; NEUROD4 PROTEIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 42049087209     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2007.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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