Recycling, channeling and heterogeneous protein turnover estimation using a model of whole-body protein turnover based on leucine kinetics in rodents

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 740-750

  Johnson, H A ^a   Baldwin, R L ^a   France, J ^b   Calvert, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channeling; Protein fractional synthesis rate; Protein turnover; Recycling; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; LEUCINE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032981185     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.3.740     Document Type: Article

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