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Functional Cloning Using a Xenopus Oocyte Expression System
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クセノプスの肝臓:エストロゲン反応性のオントジェニー

J K Skipper, T H Hamilton

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |November 9, 1979
    PubMed
    まとめ

    エストラディオール-17βは,Xenopus tadpoleの肝臓のタンパク質合成を大幅に増加させます. 変形後,このホルモンは特に肝臓組織でビテロゲニンの産生を誘発する.

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