Zinc and its transporters, pancreatic β-cells, and insulin metabolism

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 365-390

  Huang, Liping ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose; Insulin; SLC30A; SLC39A; Zinc; Zinc transporters; ZIP; ZnT

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; INSULIN; ISOPROTEIN; PREPROINSULIN; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ZINC;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ZINC;

EID: 84894057930     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800174-5.00014-4     Document Type: Chapter

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