A distal intergenic region controls pancreatic endocrine differentiation by acting as a transcriptional enhancer and as a polycomb response element.

Lineage-selective expression of developmental genes is dependent on the interplay between activating and repressive mechanisms.Gene activation is dependent on cell-specific transcription factors that recognize transcriptional enhancer sequences.Gene repression often depends on the recruitment of Polycomb group (PcG) proteins, although the sequences

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Emergency Contraception in Women of Slums in Northern India

Objective: To ascertain the utilization of the emergency contraception and to evaluate the impact of intervention on acceptability and utilization of emergency contraceptive pills.Materials and Methods: This community based cross sectional study was carried out by the department of community medicine in the slums of Chandigarh.The study sample was

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