Differences in hepatic growth hormone receptor binding during development of normal and dwarf chickens.

doi:10.1051/rnd:19910104

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Differences in hepatic growth hormone receptor binding during development of normal and dwarf chickens.

Reproduction, nutrition, development - 1 Jan 1991

Vanderpooten A, Huybrechts L M, Decuypere E, Kühn E R

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The aim of this study was to compare the growth hormone (GH) receptor in liver microsomal fractions of normal chickens (Dw) and chickens carrying the dwarf gene (dw). Specific binding of GH to its hepatic receptor was significantly higher for Dw embryos from d 14 till d 20 of incubation than for...

Topics

Animals
Chick Embryo
Chickens
Dwarfism
Genotype
Growth Hormone
Liver
Receptors, Somatotropin

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