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Variant sequences of the Hexokinase II gene in familial NIDDM.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 1996
Taylor R W, Printz R L, Armstrong M, Granner D K, Alberti K G, Turnbull D M, Walker M
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UNLABELLED: Hexokinase II (HKII) plays a central role in the intracellular metabolism of glucose in skeletal muscle, catalysing the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate. It is therefore considered to be a potentially important candidate gene in the development of insulin resistance and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The aim of this study was to screen the HKII gene for mutations in...
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