Developmental changes in the concentrations of glutamine and other amino acids in plasma and skeletal muscle of the standardbred foal

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2528-2535

  Manso Filho, H C ^a,b   Mckeever, K H ^a   Gordon, M E ^a   Manso, H E ^a,b   Lagakos, W S ^a   Wu, G ^c   Watford, M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Body composition; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Horse; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68849107785     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1845     Document Type: Article

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