Stimulation of myofibrillar synthesis by exercise is mediated by more efficient translation of mRNA

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1220-1225

  Welle, Stephen ^a,b,c   Bhatt, Kirti ^a   Thornton, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin mRNA; Myosin heavy chain mRNA; Polyadenylated RNA; Protein synthesis; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0032908064     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.4.1220     Document Type: Article

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