Comparison of the insulin binding, uptake and endogeneous insulin content in long- and short-term starvation in Tetrahymena

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-69

  Csaba, G ^a,b   Kovacs P ^a,b   Pállinger, Éva ^a,b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Harmone binding; Harmone content; Insulin; Starvation; Stress; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; INSULIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFEEDING; STARVATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; INSULIN; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; STARVATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TIME FACTORS;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 38549083829     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1399     Document Type: Article

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