Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface by HIROSHI OKAMOTO
- Introductory overview by HIROSHI OKAMOTO
- I The molecular biology of peptide hormones in the islets of Langerhans
- 1 The organization and structure of insulin genes
- 2 The regulation of insulin gene expression
- 3 The translational control of proinsulin synthesis by glucose
- 4 The structure and regulation of the glucagon gene
- 5 The structure and regulation of the somatostatin gene
- 6 The mosaic evolution of the pancreatic polypeptide gene
- 7 The structure and expression of genes of vasoactive intestinal peptide and related peptides
- 8 Pancreastatin: a novel pancreatic hormone
- 9 The processing of peptide precursors
- II Molecular aspects of diabetes mellitus
- Index
8 - Pancreastatin: a novel pancreatic hormone
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface by HIROSHI OKAMOTO
- Introductory overview by HIROSHI OKAMOTO
- I The molecular biology of peptide hormones in the islets of Langerhans
- 1 The organization and structure of insulin genes
- 2 The regulation of insulin gene expression
- 3 The translational control of proinsulin synthesis by glucose
- 4 The structure and regulation of the glucagon gene
- 5 The structure and regulation of the somatostatin gene
- 6 The mosaic evolution of the pancreatic polypeptide gene
- 7 The structure and expression of genes of vasoactive intestinal peptide and related peptides
- 8 Pancreastatin: a novel pancreatic hormone
- 9 The processing of peptide precursors
- II Molecular aspects of diabetes mellitus
- Index
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- Molecular Biology of the Islets of Langerhans , pp. 145 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990
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