Enrichment in urinary ammonia and urea with hourly oral doses of [15N]glycine: Evidence for a step function and a circadian rhythm in protein turnover

Clinical Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Jackson, A A ^a   Soares, M J ^a   Grove, G ^a   Waterlow, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Life time kinetics; Nitrogen flux; Protein degradation; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLYCINE; NITROGEN 15; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030885878     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0930265     Document Type: Article

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