Muscle Metabolism (Frontiers in Animal Diabetes Research)
Contributors: Juleen R Zierath (Editor); Harriet Wallberg-Henrikss (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: February 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780415272100
Subjects: Animal physiology; Diabetes; Metabolism; Molecular biology; Biomechanics; Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Pathophysiology; Pharmacology; Science / Physiology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Insulin resistance; Muscles; Pathogenesis
First sentence: Insulin binding to the extracellular insulin receptor activates its intrinsic intracellular tyrosine kinase, resulting in receptor tyrosine autophosphorylation and the recruitment of cellular substrates.