Biogenesis of acetylcholinesterase is impaired, although its mRNA level remains normal, in the glucocorticoid-treated rat skeletal muscle

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 374-381

  Brank, Martina ^a   Zajc Kreft, Katarina ^a   Kreft, Samo ^a   Komel, Radovan ^a   Grubič, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid myopathy; mRNA; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032518323     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510374.x     Document Type: Article

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