Regulation of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in the lactating rat

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1165-1171

  DeSantiago, Soledad ^a   Torres, Nimbe ^a   Suryawan, Agus ^b   Tovar, Armando R ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase; Branched chain amino acids; Lactation; Rats

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031820636     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1165     Document Type: Article

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