Protein turnover, amino acid requirements and recommendations for athletes and active populations
Skeletal muscle is the major deposit of protein molecules. As for any cell or tissue, total muscle protein reflects a dynamic turnover between net protein synthesis and degradation. Noninvasive and invasive techniques have been applied to determine amino acid catabolism and muscle protein building a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001000001&lng=en&tlng=en |