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Figure 2

From: The uncoupling protein 1 gene, UCP1, is expressed in mammalian islet cells and associated with acute insulin response to glucose in African American families from the IRAS Family Study

Figure 2

Ucp1 is expressed in an insulin producing cell line: cDNAs prepared in the absence or presence of reverse transcriptase (RT) from total RNA isolated from MIN-6 and αTC1.6 cells, were used for PCR with the indicated primers. The lane containing 100 bp marker (M), and positions of Ucp1 and Ucp2 products are indicated. A band corresponding to Ucp1 (505 bp) can be clearly seen in the lane corresponding to RT+ MIN-6 cDNA. Expression of Ucp2 (608 bp) can be seen in both insulin and glucagon producing cell lines.

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BMC Endocrine Disorders

ISSN: 1472-6823

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