Control of Carbs, Fat and Protein Metabolism (IMAGE)

Duke University

Control of Carbs, Fat and Protein Metabolism

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Duke researchers have identified a key fork in the road for the way the liver deals with carbohydrates, fats and protein. A mutant version of the BDK protein was tagged with green fluorescent protein for an experiment to show it wouldn't enter the mitochondria (red).

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Duke Molecular Physiology Institute

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