The Role Of Insulin And Other Hormones In The Regulation Of Amino Acid And Protein Metabolism In Humans

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 235-254

  Miers, Wendell R ^a   Barrett, Eugene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID; GLUCAGON; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; INSULIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCAGON; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0032456208     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.1998.9.2-4.235     Document Type: Article

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