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A disrupted cholecystokinin A receptor gene induces diabetes in obese rats synergistically with ODB1 gene.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Feb 1998
Takiguchi S, Takata Y, Takahashi N, Kataoka K, Hirashima T, Kawano K, Miyasaka K, Funakoshi A, Kono A
Abstract excerpt
Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats develop hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, which are characteristic of human non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We have shown that two recessive genes, ODB1 mapped on the X chromosome and ODB2 mapped on chromosome 14, are involv...
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