A new stable isotope method enables the simultaneous measurement of nucleic acid and protein synthesis in vivo in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1562-1569

  Perez, Jose F ^a,b   Reeds, Peter J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Mice; Nucleic acid synthesis; Protein synthesis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GLYCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031685563     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1562     Document Type: Article

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