Oral leucine administration stimulates protein synthesis in rat skeletal muscle

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 376-382

  Crozier, Stephen J ^a   Kimball, Scot R ^a   Emmert, Sans W ^a   Anthony, Joshua C ^b   Jefferson, Leonard S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius muscle; mTOR; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

CAP BINDING PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INSULIN; LEUCINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; S6 KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 14944341734     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.376     Document Type: Article

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