Developmental Cell
Volume 18, Issue 6, 15 June 2010, Pages 1022-1029
Short ArticleNkx6 Transcription Factors and Ptf1a Function as Antagonistic Lineage Determinants in Multipotent Pancreatic Progenitors
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► Nkx6 factors promote pancreatic endocrine fate and repress an acinar fate choice ► Nkx6 and the preacinar transcription factor Ptf1a function as mutual repressors ► Ptf1a represses endocrine cell fate and promotes acinar cell specification ► The Nkx6/Ptf1a switch only operates during an early competence window
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