Hypophysectomy abolishes sexual dimorphism of liver carbonic anhydrase III.
Hypophysectomy was found to have no effect on the concentration of carbonic anhydrase III (CAIII) in male rat liver, whereas in the female, CAIII was elevated 10-fold, to male levels.
D000818:Animals; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D007527:Isoenzymes; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases