Abstract
In the rat, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities towards bilirubin, morphine and testosterone increase markedly after normal or premature birth. This rapid development is superimposed upon a much slower maturation of activity which occurs in utero during the last 2 days of normal gestation and gestation when birth is delayed. Development of all three activities is similar under these different conditions, suggesting a common developmenpal regulatory mechanism.
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