Sites of Glucose Transporter-4 Vesicle Fusion with the Plasma Membrane Correlate Spatially with Microtubules

Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna; Yale E. Goldman; E. Michael Ostap

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043662

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Sites of Glucose Transporter-4 Vesicle Fusion with the Plasma Membrane Correlate Spatially with Microtubules

Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna,

Affiliations Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Yale E. Goldman,

Affiliations Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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E. Michael Ostap

* E-mail: ostap@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliations Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sites of Glucose Transporter-4 Vesicle Fusion with the Plasma Membrane Correlate Spatially with Microtubules

Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna,
Yale E. Goldman,
E. Michael Ostap

Published: August 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043662

About the Authors

Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna

Affiliations Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yale E. Goldman

E. Michael Ostap

* E-mail: ostap@mail.med.upenn.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMDM EMO. Performed the experiments: JMDM. Analyzed the data: JMDM YEG EMO. Wrote the paper: JMDM YEG EMO.

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