Use of quantitative immunofluorescence microscopy to study intracellular trafficking: Studies of the GLUT4 glucose transporter

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 457, Issue , 2008, Pages 347-366

  Blot, Vincent ^a   McGraw, Timothy E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis, exocytosis, GLUT4; Insulin action; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934442770     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-261-8_26     Document Type: Article

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