Prenatal induction of sucrase activity in rat jejunum

Paul Celano, Jocelyn Jumawan, Carolyn Horowitz, H. Lau, O. Koldovský

Biochemical Journal · 1977 · 39 citations · 19 references

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Daily application of cortisone acetate (10mg/100g body wt.) or L-tri-iodothyronine (20 microng/100g body wt.) to female rats in the last (third) week of pregnancy elicits a precocious appearance of jejunal sucrase in their foetuses.

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