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Glucose transport in the human red blood cell may proceed by internal transfer across a protein tetramer. Such a model could account for transport phenomena in other systems.
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LIEB, W., STEIN, W. New Theory for Glucose Transport Across Membranes. Nature New Biology 230, 108–109 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio230108a0
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