Human muscle protein turnover - Why is it so variable?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 480-491

  Smith, Gordon I ^a   Patterson, Bruce W ^a   Mittendorfer, Bettina ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leucine; Mass spectrometry; Muscle protein synthesis; Phenylalanine; Tracer

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79851491712     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00125.2010     Document Type: Article

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