Seeing the insulin receptor in action
Author(s) -
Ben Short
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.201804076
Subject(s) - biology , insulin , action (physics) , receptor , insulin receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , biochemistry , insulin resistance , physics , quantum mechanics
Researchers use single-particle electron microscopy to visualize an insulin-induced conformational shift that leads to receptor activation.
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