Protein in the food prolongs DNA synthesis in the liver of rats after starvation.
After a  period on protein-free diet and then starvation,  high protein diet induces DNA synthesis in rat liver for a longer period than diet containing an equivalent amount of amino acids. The requirement for high protein diet is limited to an early part of the prereplicative period and administration of the high protein diet later did not prolong DNA synthesis.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013217:Starvation
D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004247:DNA