The rate of valine incorporation into proteins with correction for valine recycling, measured in two brain tumor models and the cortex

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1574-1581

  Jevric Causevic, A ^a   Diksic, M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AA ascites tumor; C6 glioma; Protein synthesis; Valine recycling; Valyl tRNA

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; TRACER; TRANSFER RNA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0029988696     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66041574.x     Document Type: Article

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