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Glucose Transport: Methods for Interrogating GLUT4 Trafficking in Adipocytes

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Glucose Transport

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1713))

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In this chapter we detail methods for the systematic dissection of GLUT4 trafficking. The methods described have been optimized for cultured 3T3-L1 adipocytes, but can be readily adapted to other cell types.

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  1. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Dougall M. Norris, Tom A. Geddes, David E. James, Daniel J. Fazakerley & James G. Burchfield

  2. Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    David E. James

  3. The Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia

    Dougall M. Norris, Tom A. Geddes, David E. James, Daniel J. Fazakerley & James G. Burchfield

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Norris, D.M., Geddes, T.A., James, D.E., Fazakerley, D.J., Burchfield, J.G. (2018). Glucose Transport: Methods for Interrogating GLUT4 Trafficking in Adipocytes. In: Lindkvist-Petersson, K., Hansen, J. (eds) Glucose Transport. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1713. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7507-5_15

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