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. 1977 Feb 15;162(2):469–472. doi: 10.1042/bj1620469

Prenatal induction of sucrase activity in rat jejunum.

P Celano, J Jumawan, C Horowitz, H Lau, O Koldovsky
PMCID: PMC1164623  PMID: 849296

Abstract

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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