Determination of protein synthesis in human rectal cancer in situ by continuous [1-13C]leucine infusion

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Hartl, Wolfgang H ^a   Demmelmair, Hans ^a   Jauch, Karl Walter ^a,c   Schmidt, Hanns Ludwig ^b   Koletzko, Berthold ^a   Schildberg, Friedrich W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

mass spectrometry; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030953770     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.5.e796     Document Type: Article

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