Effects of aging on in vivo synthesis of skeletal muscle myosin heavy- chain and sarcoplasmic protein in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 4 36-4, 1997, Pages

  Balagopal, P ^a   Rooyackers, Olav E ^a   Adey, Deborah B ^a   Ades, Philip A ^b   Nair, K Sreekumaran ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile function; Mass spectrometry; Protein synthesis; Sarcopenia; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030707838     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.4.e790     Document Type: Article

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