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Neurogenin3 and hepatic nuclear factor 1 cooperate in activating pancreatic expression of Pax4.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Oct 2003
Smith Stuart B, Gasa Rosa, Watada Hirotaka, Wang Juehu, Griffen Steven C, German Michael S
Abstract excerpt
During fetal development, paired/homeodomain transcription factor Pax4 controls the formation of the insulin-producing beta cells and the somatostatin-producing delta cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Targeting of Pax4 expression to the islet lineage in the fetal pancreas depends on a short sequence located approximately 2 kb upstream of the transcription initiation site of the PAX4 gene. This...
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