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Targeted deletion of a cis-regulatory region reveals differential gene dosage requirements for Pdx1 in foregut organ differentiation and pancreas formation.
Genes & development - 15 Jan 2006
Fujitani Yoshio, Fujitani Shuko, Boyer Daniel F, Gannon Maureen, Kawaguchi Yoshiya, Ray Michael, Shiota Masakazu, Stein Roland W, Magnuson Mark A, Wright Christopher V E
Abstract excerpt
Pdx1 (IPF-1 in humans, which is altered in MODY-4) is essential for pancreas development and mature beta-cell function. Pdx1 is expressed dynamically within the developing foregut, but how its expression characteristics are linked to the various steps of organ specification, differentiation, and function is unknown. Deletion of a conserved enhancer region (Area I-II-III) from Pdx1 produced a hypomorphic allele...
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