Insulin, the Intracellular Taxi!

Group 14's interpretation of Kazuo Suzuki and Tetsuro Kono's: "Evidence That Insulin Causes Translocation of Glucose Transport Activity to the Plasma Membrane From an Intracellular Storage Site," deisgned for Honors Boilogy 181 in colaboration with mentoring from Dr. Tsu Shuen-Tsao

WELCOME!

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WELCOME!

This website is a student project made just for you! Our goal is to take an
advanced scientific paper and explain it in everyday words so you can appreciate what you
would not otherwise. The topic we'll discuss is the movement of glucose (sugar) in our bodies,
and how this is affected by insulin.

All the information is based on the scientific paper titled:
"Evidence that insulin causes translocation of glucose transport activity to the plasma
membrane from an intracellular storage site," by Dr. Kazuo Susuki and Dr. Tetsuro Kono. Don't
let this title intimidate you, because after you browse through our website, you will be an
expert on this scientific phenomenon.

Since this paper was written in May of 1980, the information is not current, but it
serves as an important precursor to many scientific advances in today's world. After you
venture through our website, you will: be knowledgeable on the background of this research,
be familiar with the methods and jargon of the experiment, and be able to decipher the results
and conclusions of this paper. So, grab some candy to energize your brain and dig right in to
find out how this "suga' got so fly!"

This website was created by students at the University of Arizona for fulfillment of
Honors Introductory Biology (Ecol 181). The faculty mentor overseeing this project and
offering professional advice was Dr. Tsu Shuen-Tsao, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biophysics at the University of Arizona.