Calories and aging alter gene expression for gluconeogenic, glycolytic, and nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 277, Issue 2 40-2, 1999, Pages

  Dhahbi, Joseph M ^a   Mote, Patricia L ^a   Wingo, John ^a   Tillman, John B ^a   Walford, Roy L ^b   Spindler, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Enzyme activity; Metabolism; Mice; mRNA

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032877056     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.2.e352     Document Type: Article

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