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The SNARE protein, syntaxin1a, plays an essential role in biphasic exocytosis of the
incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1
Sarah E. Wheeler1, Holly M. Stacey1, Yasaman Nahaei1, Stephen J. Hale1, Alexandre B. Hardy2,
Frank Reimann3, Fiona M. Gribble3, Pierre Larraufie3, Herbert Y. Gaisano1,4 and Patricia L.
Brubaker1,4
Departments of 1Physiology and 4Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8,
Canada; 23D CFI Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; and
3Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Metabolic Research Laboratories,
University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ,
United Kingdom.
Running title: Role of syntaxin