body weight gain , food intake , gastrocnemius muscle and liver weight , protein and rna content , as well as the fractional rates of muscle and liver protein synthesis ( ks , according to the method of constant infusion of l- [ 14c ] tyrosine ) , growth ( kg ) and degradation ( kd ) , along with rna activity ( g of protein synthesized per day/g rna ) of both organs , were determined in growing male rats fed ad libitum over a period of 10 days on 18.7 % protein diets containing either casein ( 5 % of methionine added ) ( control ) or the raw legume field bean ( vicia faba l. ) as the sole sources of protein .
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protein
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rna