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    Evidence that Evolution of the Diabetes Susceptibility Gene SLC30A8 that Encodes the Zinc Transporter ZnT8 Drives Variations in Pancreatic Islet Zinc Content in Multiple Species

    Pancreatic islet zinc levels vary widely between species. Very low islet zinc levels in Guinea pigs were thought to be driven by evolution of the INS gene that resulted in the generation of an isoform lacking a h...

    Karin J. Bosma, Kristen E. Syring, James K. Oeser in Journal of Molecular Evolution (2019)

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    Fluorescence Linear Dichroism Imaging for Quantifying Membrane Order

    The plasma membrane of a cell is an ordered environment, giving rise to anisotropic orientations and restricted motion of constituent lipids and proteins. The membrane environment is also dynamic and heterogen...

    Richard K. P. Benninger in Methods in Membrane Lipids (2015)