3-Methylhistidine excretion as an index of muscle protein breakdown in birds in different states of malnutrition

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-272

  Pearcy, Shawn D ^a   Murphy, Mary E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 methylhistidine; fasting; feather production; muscle degradation; protein deficiency; SAA deficiency; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031105255     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00211-3     Document Type: Article

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