Type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene TCF7L2 and its role in β-cell function

Diabetes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 800-802

  Gloyn, Anna L ^a   Braun, Matthias ^a   Rorsman, Patrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM ION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2;

ALLELE; CELL FUNCTION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TCF 7 L2 GENE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 64649096898     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db09-0099     Document Type: Note

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