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. 2010 May;140(5):932–938. doi: 10.3945/jn.109.120501

TABLE 2.

Effect of alcohol on the rate of protein synthesis in WT and BCATm KO mice1

Saline
 Alcohol
 P-value
WT BCATm KO WT BCATm KO Genotype Alcohol Genotype × alcohol
nmol phenylalanine incorporated · mg protein−1 . h−1
Muscle 0.43 ± 0.02b 0.51 ± 0.02a 0.29 ± 0.02c 0.27 ± 0.03c 0.262 <0.001 0.039
Liver 12.19 ± 0.78 12.65 ± 1.14 14.63 ± 1.41 13.37 ± 1.36 NS NS NS
1

Values are means ± SEM, n = 10. Means in a row with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.