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Lifelong stable human insulin expression in transgenic tilapia expressing a humanized tilapia insulin gene

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Funded by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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  1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Olga Hrytsenko & Bill Pohajdak

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Gina R. Rayat & Ray V. Rajotte

  3. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, 9, 3535 Research Road NW, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Bao-You Xu, Richard Krause & James R. Wright Jr.

  4. Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Richard Krause & James R. Wright Jr.

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Hrytsenko, O., Rayat, G.R., Xu, BY. et al. Lifelong stable human insulin expression in transgenic tilapia expressing a humanized tilapia insulin gene. Transgenic Res 20, 1397–1398 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-011-9500-3

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Keywords

  • Human Insulin
  • Serum Insulin
  • Hexokinase
  • Nile Tilapia
  • Serum Glucose Level