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Identification of the machinery involved in the regulation of sugar transporter trafficking by insulin

ReferenceICS00756
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Stephen Baldwin
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Leeds
DepartmentInst of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 118,810
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 27/06/1994
End date 27/06/1997
Duration36 months

Abstract

The aim of the proposed project is to identify components of the protein machinery responsible for the targeting of glucose transporters to specific intracellular locations in 3T3-L1 adipocyte, and for the translocation of these transport proteins to the cell surface in response to the hormone insulin. To this end, intracellular glucose-transporter containing vesicles will be isolated, and their protein components characterised by a combination of microsequencing and CDNA cloning. The roles of individual components in targeting and translocation will then be investigated by using immunological and antisense oligonucleotide strategies, in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Intracellular Signalling (ICS) [1986]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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