Liver glucokinase: An overview on the regulatorymechanisms of its activity

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Massa, María L ^a   Gagliardino, Juan J ^a   Francini, Flavio ^a  

^a University of La Plata CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

glucokinase; glucose homeostasis; liver; liver glucokinase activity; transcriptional and post transcriptional glucokinase activity regulation

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; GLUCAGON; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HOLOENZYME; INSULIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ALLOSTERISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOKINASE; HUMANS; LIVER;

EID: 79951971018     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.411     Document Type: Review

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