Fruit Fly Study Reveals How Cells Transport Sugar (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Fruit Fly Study Reveals How Cells Transport Sugar

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Tagging of the human GLUT4 protein in genetically altered fruit flies shows that in response to insulin, GLUT4 travels from cells' interiors to their membranes where it captures glucose. In two forms of microscopy, the fluorescent GLUT4 cells illuminate the flies' cell membranes.

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