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Altered Protein Synthesis

Herschel Sidransky

10.1002/cphy.cp090141

Source: Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents

Originally published: 1977

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Inhibition of Protein Synthesis
1.1 Puromycin
1.2 Ethionine
1.3 Sparsomycin
1.4 Hypertonicity of Portal Blood
2 Enhancement of Protein Synthesis
2.1 Alterations or Imbalances in Nutrition
2.2 Hormones, Toxins, Physical Agents, Chemicals
2.3 Altered Metabolic States
2.4 Induced Synthesis of Specific Proteins
3 Correlation Between Structural and Functional Changes
4 Discussion
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Herschel Sidransky. Altered Protein Synthesis. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents: 625-639. First published in print 1977. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp090141