Nonruminant Nutrition symposium: Understanding protein synthesis and degradation and their pathway regulations1.

The article presents research papers based on the presentations made at the Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium, “Understanding protein synthesis and degradation and their pathway regulations" held on July 10, 2007 on understanding protein synthetic and degradation pathways. Topics include hormonal and nutritional factors regulating postnatal muscle protein synthesis, challenges and methodological considerations for measuring intracellular protein degradation, and pathways of protein degradation.