The morphology of islets of Langerhans is only mildly affected by the lack of Pdx-1 in the pancreas of adult Meriones jirds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Gustavsen, Carsten R ^a   Chevret, Pascale ^b   Krasnov, Boris ^c   Mowlavi, Golamreza ^d   Madsen, Ole D ^a   Heller, R Scott ^a  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Gerbillinae; Glucagon; Insulin; Maf; Meriones; Pancreas; Pdx 1; Somatostatin; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ISL 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 55749108692     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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