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Dominant-negative mutant hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha induces diabetes in transgenic-cloned pigs.
Transgenic research - 1 Oct 2009
Umeyama Kazuhiro, Watanabe Masahito, Saito Hitoshi, Kurome Mayuko, Tohi Sadaaki, Matsunari Hitomi, Miki Keizaburo, Nagashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Pigs have been recognized as an excellent biomedical model for investigating a variety of human health issues. We developed genetically modified pigs that exhibit the apparent symptoms of diabetes. Transgenic cloned pigs carrying a mutant human hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha gene, which is know...
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