In vivo muscle protein synthesis rates in the American lobster Homarus americanus during the moult cycle and in response to 20-hydroxyecdysone

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-585

  El Haj, Alicia J ^a   Clarke, Susan R ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a   Chang, Ernest S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Homarus americanus; Lobster; Moult cycle; Protein synthesis; Ribosomal mRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057946     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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