β-Cell evolution: How the pancreas borrowed from the brain: The shared toolbox of genes expressed by neural and pancreatic endocrine cells may reflect their evolutionary relationship

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 582-587

  Arntfield, Margot E ^a   van der Kooy, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell; Evolution; Neurogenin; Neuron

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 1;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960464624     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100015     Document Type: Article

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