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Science 6 March 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3923, pp. 1378 - 1379
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3923.1378
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dgr-Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase: Induction in Embryonic Chick Liver by Glucagon

J. A. Simons 1

1 Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Glucagon elicits a twofold increase in dgr-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity in the livers of 18-day-old chick embryos. This rise occurs when RNA synthesis is inhibited, but is prevented when protein synthesis is blocked. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate appears not to be involved.

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