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The Muscle Building Effects of Leucine

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Protein supplementation enhances the synthesis of skeletal muscle protein. Such myofibrillar protein synthesis is thought to occur through activation of a signal cascade involving rapamycin-1 complex (a protein kinase that regulates cell growth, protein synthesis and cell proliferation amongst other … Continue reading →

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