Growth versus metabolic tissue replacement in mouse tissues determined by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-641

  MacAvoy, Stephen E ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^b   Arneson, Lynne S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBON; FOOD ADDITIVES; GROWTH KINETICS; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

ANIMAL TISSUES; FOOD WEB; METABOLIC TISSUES; TISSUE REPLACEMENT;

TISSUE;

GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 26844462955     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-038     Document Type: Article

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