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Analysis of the glucokinase gene promoter in Japanese subjects with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 1994
Shimokawa K, Sakura H, Otabe S, Eto K, Kadowaki H, Hagura R, Yazaki Y, Akanuma Y, Kadowaki T
Abstract excerpt
Glucokinase plays an important role in glucose metabolism in pancreatic beta-cells and liver. Recently, several mutations responsible for noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have been identified within the coding regions of the glucokinase gene. We screened the promoter regions using polymerase chain reaction followed by single strand conformation polymorphisms in 240 Japanese NIDDM and 111 control...
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