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Molecular Biology of Na+/Glucose Symport

Julia E. Lever

10.1002/cphy.cp060417

Source: Supplement 19: Handbook of Physiology, The Gastrointestinal System, Intestinal Absorption and Secretion

Originally published: 1991

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Biochemical Identification of Na+/Glucose Symporter Subunit
2 Expression Cloning of Intestinal Na+/Glucose Symporter Subunit
3 Sequence Homologies with Renal Na+/Glucose Symporter
4 Chromosomal Localization
5 Subunit Structure
6 Regulation of Gene Expression
Figure 1. Figure 1.

A: hydropathy plot of Na+ /glucose symporter amino acid sequence. Postulated membrane‐spanning segments are numbered 1–11. B: model for orientation of Na+ /glucose symporter in membrane. G indicates potential N‐linked glycosylation sites.

[From Hediger et al. 10. Reprinted by permission from Nature. Copyright 1987, Macmillan Magazines Ltd.]


Figure 1.

A: hydropathy plot of Na+ /glucose symporter amino acid sequence. Postulated membrane‐spanning segments are numbered 1–11. B: model for orientation of Na+ /glucose symporter in membrane. G indicates potential N‐linked glycosylation sites.

[From Hediger et al. 10. Reprinted by permission from Nature. Copyright 1987, Macmillan Magazines Ltd.]
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Julia E. Lever. Molecular Biology of Na+/Glucose Symport. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 19: Handbook of Physiology, The Gastrointestinal System, Intestinal Absorption and Secretion: 405-409. First published in print 1991. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp060417