Serum amino acid and myofibrillar protein profiles of fed and underfed laboratory rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1453-1459

  Almeida, A M ^a   Van Harten, S ^a   Cardoso, L A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Myofibrillar proteins; Rat; Serum free amino acids; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN C; SERINE; THREONINE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036932751     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00472-4     Document Type: Article

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