Effect of Testosterone on Differential Muscle Growth and on Protein and Nucleic Acid Concentrations in Muscles of Growing Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1495-1503

  Arnold, A M ^a,b   Peralta, J M ^b   Thonney, M L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Muscles; Sheep; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

DNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031154372     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7561495x     Document Type: Article

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