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THE effect of insulin in accelerating the peripheral utilization of glucose is generally ascribed to an action on the enzymic carrier system responsible for the intracellular oxidation of glucose, in which the first step is the hexokinase reaction.
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ROSS, E. Insulin and the Permeability of Cell Membranes to Glucose. Nature 171, 125 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171125a0
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