Article
Muscle protein turnover during early development in chickens divergently selected for growth rate.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 2000
Tesseraud S, Chagneau A M, Grizard J
Abstract excerpt
To explore the mechanisms involved in the genetic control of muscle growth and protein gain, protein metabolism was assessed in the pectoralis major muscle of two chicken lines selected for either fast or slow growth. Protein synthesis was measured in vivo at various ages from 1 to 4 wk, using a flooding dose of L-[4-3H] phenylalanine. Protein degradation was estimated as the difference between synthesis and...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Genotype
- Muscle Development
- Muscle Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Species Specificity
- Time Factors
- Tritium
- Weight Gain