The structure-function relationship of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide or gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) is a 42 amino acid endocrine gut hormone which exhibits several direct and indirect effects on fat and glucose metabolism. The first known, and most scrutinized, metabolic function of the hormone was the potentia...

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Main Author: Morrow, Glenn Wesley
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7059