The significance of ether link cleavage of iodothyronines and its apparent reciprocity with the conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine.
D000640:Amitrole / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004987:Ethers; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013970:Thyronines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D004987:Ethers; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013970:Thyronines; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine; D000640:Amitrole