[Mutations of glucokinase gene in Japanese subjects with NIDDM].

Article

[Mutations of glucokinase gene in Japanese subjects with NIDDM].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Oct 1994

Hinata S, Nishi S, Matsukage T, Yoshimi T

Abstract excerpt

Glucokinase has been proposed to play an important role as a glucose sensor in pancreatic beta-cells. Mutations in the glucokinase gene have been shown to be the major cause of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in Caucasian subjects. In population-association study with microsatellite D...

Topics

Asian People
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucokinase
Humans
Japan
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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