About GLUT-3
Enables dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity; glucose binding activity; and glucose transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in glucose import across plasma membrane and transport across blood-brain barrier. Is integral component of plasma membrane. Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease; acanthosis nigricans; diabetes mellitus; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

About Alexa Fluor 488
Alexa Fluor™ 488 (AF488, Alexa 488) has an excitation peak at 488 nm and an emission peak at 496 nm, and is considered a high-performance alternative to FITC. Alexa 488 is one of the most popular Alexa Fluor™ dyes and is widely used in Fluorescence Microscopy, flow cytometry, and for staining low expression markers. It is bright, highly photostable, resistant to pH changes, and less susceptible to photobleaching. Alexa 488 and is similar in size, brightness and application to DyLight™ 488, iFluor® 488 and CF®488A.