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CHANGES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND INTESTINE CAUSED BY VITAMIN A IN AMPHIBIA, AND THEIR ACCELERATION BY HYDROCORTISONE

In view of the theory that an excess of vitamin A causes release of cathepsins from intracellular lysosomes, hypervitaminosis A was induced orally in the larvae of Xenopus laevis. It was predicted that the tails of these amphibia would undergo resorption prior to metamorphosis, since the presence of...

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Autor principal: Weissmann, Gerald
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1961
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19867204