Science · 1963 · 55 citations · 12 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryEndocrinologyEnzymologyHormone BiochemistryReproductive EndocrinologyAndrogen PhysiologyEndocrine BiochemistryHormone MetabolismHormone SignalingMammalian EndocrinologySteroid Hormone BiochemistryEsterase ActivityEsterase-mediated HydrolysisEsterasesHormone Esterification
Starch-gel electrophoresis of an extract of mouse kidney disclosed that an esterase is present in mature males but absent in females and immature males. When testosterone was injected for 7 days the enzyme could be detected in kidney extracts obtained from both female and young animals. Hence the enzyme may be a hormone-induced one.
12
Enzymatic and Metabolic Adaptations in Animals
W. Eugene Knox, V H Auerbach, E. C. C. Lin · Physiological Reviews · 1956 · 482 citations
Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology +12
Isolation of a Nutritional Variant from a Culture of Rabbit Fibroblasts
R. F. Haff, H. E. Swim · Science · 1957 · 474 citations