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Amino acids as regulators of gene expression

Overview of attention for article published in Nutrition & Metabolism, August 2004
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Title
Amino acids as regulators of gene expression
Published in
Nutrition & Metabolism, August 2004
DOI 10.1186/1743-7075-1-3
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Authors

Scot R Kimball, Leonard S Jefferson

Abstract

The role of amino acids as substrates for protein synthesis is well documented. However, a function for amino acids in modulating the signal transduction pathways that regulate mRNA translation has only recently been described. Interesting, some of the signaling pathways regulated by amino acids overlap with those classically associated with the cellular response to hormones such as insulin and insulin-like growth factors. The focus of this review is on the signaling pathways regulated by amino acids, with a particular emphasis on the branched-chain amino acid leucine, and the steps in mRNA translation controlled by the signaling pathways.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Czechia 1 1%
Unknown 87 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 20%
Student > Master 15 17%
Researcher 14 16%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Professor 6 7%
Other 15 17%
Unknown 16 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 8%
Chemistry 3 3%
Sports and Recreations 3 3%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 20 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2016.
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#3,415,054
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Outputs from Nutrition & Metabolism
#313
of 1,014 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,659
of 65,571 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nutrition & Metabolism
#5
of 5 outputs
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