1995 Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 348-349
The effect of insulin on polypeptide chain elongation was examined in soleus muscles isolated from 18hour-fasted mice. Treatment with insulin for 1hour increased the elongation rate, which was estimated by the half-transit time. This suggests that insulin stimulated protein synthesis by modifying the elongation rate in addition to the initiation rate.
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