Comparative Analysis of Insulin Gene Promoters

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DNA sequences that regulate expression of the insulin gene are located within a region spanning approximately 400 bp that flank the transcription start site. This region, the insulin promoter, contains a number of cis-acting elements that bind transcription factors, some of which are expressed only in the beta-cell and a few other endocrine or neural cell types, while others have a widespread tissue distribution....

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