Article
Isolation of the human LIM/homeodomain gene islet-1 and identification of a simple sequence repeat polymorphism [corrected].
Diabetes - 1 Jul 1994
Tanizawa Y, Riggs A C, Dagogo-Jack S, Vaxillaire M, Froguel P, Liu L, Donis-Keller H, Permutt M A
Abstract excerpt
The islet-1 (Isl-1) gene encodes a protein that binds to the enhancer region of the insulin gene. Isl-1 is a member of the LIM/homeodomain family of transcription factors. Because insulin deficiency, either relative or absolute, is a cardinal feature of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NI...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- Black People
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
