Rho-dependent termination sites within a transcription unit are usually masked by translating ribosomes, and therefore rho cannot act on downstream RNA polymerases. 

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Somatostatin 14 and its amino terminal-extended form somatostatin 28 are found in the D cells of pancreatic islets

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SS14 & SS28 both inhibits the secretion of insulin, glucagon, and pancreatic polypeptide and act locally within the pancreatic islets in a paracrine fashion

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Human pancreatic polypeptide contains 36 amino acid residues and is produced by F cells in the islets

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Pancreatic polypeptide is closely related to, 

polypeptide YY, a gastrointestinal peptide

neuropeptide Y, found in the brain & autonomic nervous system

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In the normal male fetus,  the wolffian duct system on each side develops into the epididymis and vas deferens

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The Y chromosome is necessary and sufficient for the production of testes, and the testis-determining gene product is called SRY (for sex-determining region of the Y chromosome)