Prenatal induction of sucrase activity in rat jejunum.
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.
D000818:Animals; D003348:Cortisone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007583:Jejunum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013393:Sucrase / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013393:Sucrase; D003348:Cortisone