Gender-related differences in carnosine, anserine and lysine content of murine skeletal muscle

Amino Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Penafiel R ^a,b   Ruzafa, C ^a   Monserrat, F ^a   Cremades, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anserine; Carnosine; Lysine; Mice; Sex dimorphism; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN; ANSERINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARNOSINE; DIPEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; TESTOSTERONE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANSERINE; CARNOSINE; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 10744219955     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-003-0034-8     Document Type: Article

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