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Re‐dicing the pancreatic β‐cell: do microRNAs define cellular identity?
Author(s) -
Tattikota Sudhir Gopal,
Poy Matthew N
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2011.31
Subject(s) - biology , microrna , wafer dicing , identity (music) , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , bioinformatics , cancer research , gene , wafer , electrical engineering , engineering , physics , acoustics
A role for Dicer and miRNAs in regulating pancreatic β‐cell differentiation and insulin production is discussed here in the broader context of miRNA functions in cell fate specification and cellular stress responses.