Glutamine interferes with glucocorticoid-induced expression of glutamine synthetase in skeletal muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 5 33-5, 1996, Pages

  Hickson, R C ^a,b   Wegrzyn, L E ^a,b   Osborne, D F ^a,b   Karl, I E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

amino acid; fast twitch red muscle; fast twitch white muscle; female rats; gene expression; muscle atrophy; plantaris muscle

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0029994477     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.5.e912     Document Type: Article

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