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A kinetic model of carnosine synthesis in human skeletal muscle

Dmitry Spelnikov1, Roger Charles Harris2

  • 1Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P.Konstantinov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina, Russia.

Amino Acids
|September 14, 2018
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CarnosineMathematical modelMuscleSupplementationβ-Alanine

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