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. 1993 Nov;92(5):2092–2098. doi: 10.1172/JCI116809

Glucokinase as pancreatic beta cell glucose sensor and diabetes gene.

F Matschinsky 1, Y Liang 1, P Kesavan 1, L Wang 1, P Froguel 1, G Velho 1, D Cohen 1, M A Permutt 1, Y Tanizawa 1, T L Jetton 1, et al.
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