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. 1980 Feb 15;186(2):617-9.
doi: 10.1042/bj1860617.

The effect of premature and delayed birth on the development of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities towards bilirubin, morphine and testosterone in the rat

M T Campbell, G J Wishart

The effect of premature and delayed birth on the development of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities towards bilirubin, morphine and testosterone in the rat

M T Campbell et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

In the rat, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities towards bilirubin, morphine and testosterone increase markedly after normal or premature birth. This rapid development is superimposed upon a much slower maturation of activity which occurs in utero during the last 2 days of normal gestation and gestation when birth is delayed. Development of all three activities is similar under these different conditions, suggesting a common developmenpal regulatory mechanism.

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