Hepatic protein synthesis and serum aminoacid levels during liver regeneration in young and old malnourished rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Carrillo, M C ^a   Carnovale, C E ^a   Favre, C ^a   Monti, J A ^a   Scapini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Hepatectomy; Malnutrition; Protein synthesis; Regenerating rat liver; Serum amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; LIVER PROTEIN; RNA;

AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FOOD INTAKE; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030568966     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01779-4     Document Type: Article

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