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Beta-cell alpha-ketoglutarate hydroxylases may acutely participate in insulin secretion

Michael J Fallon1, Michael J MacDonald

  • 1Childrens Diabetes Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
|July 22, 2008
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