Nutritional and contractile regulation of human skeletal muscle protein synthesis and mTORC1 signaling

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1374-1384

  Drummond, Micah J ^a   Dreyer, Hans C ^a   Fry, Christopher S ^a   Glynn, Erin L ^a   Rasmussen, Blake B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction; Essential amino acids; Leucine; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MTORC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INGESTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 66149097065     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91397.2008     Document Type: Review

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