title: Effect of protein starvation on protein turnover in liver, oviduct and whole body of laying hens.
abstract: 1. Whole body protein turnover rates in White Leghorn laying hens were reduced by protein starvation for 7 days, followed by complete restoration by protein repletion for 7 days. 2. Protein starvation considerably reduced fractional and absolute rates of protein synthesis both in the liver and, to a greater extent, in the oviduct. 3. It was suggested that a considerable portion of the reduced whole body protein synthesis could be accounted for by the reduced protein synthesis in these organs when laying hens were subjected to protein starvation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010057:Oviducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins