title: A portrait of the pancreatic B-cell. The Minkowski Award Lecture delivered on July 19, 1973, during the 8th Congress of the International Diabetes Federation, held in Brussels, Belgium.
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus; D003593:Cytoplasm; D003896:Desmosomes; D004705:Endocytosis; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum; D005089:Exocytosis; D005110:Extracellular Space; D005613:Freeze Etching; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007328:Insulin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007365:Intercellular Junctions; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology; D008566:Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria; D008954:Models, Biological; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011384:Proinsulin / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011384:Proinsulin