Critical assessment of methods used to measure protein synthesis in human subjects

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-76

  Garlick, Peter J ^a   McNurlan, Margaret A ^a   Caso, Giuseppe ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031471922     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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