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Glucose transport families SLC5 and SLC50.
Molecular aspects of medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Wright Ernest M
Abstract excerpt
There are three families of glucose transporters in the human genome, SLC2, SLC5 and SLC50. Here I review the structure and function of the SLC5 and SLC50 genes. The human sodium glucose cotransporter family (SLC5) has 12 human genes expressed in tissues ranging from epithelia to the central nervous system. The functions of all are known based on studies using heterologous expression systems: 10 are tightly...
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