| Literature DB >> 5449321 |
K Sterling, M A Brenner, E S Newman.
Abstract
The conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine, previously demonstrated in athyreotic human subjects, has been investigated in normal subjects who were given intravenous injections of purified thyroxine labeled with carbon-14 in ring A and in the alanine side chain. Evidence for the conversion of T4 to T3 was provided by the finding of carbon-14 in the T3 fraction isolated from serums. It is estimated that an appreciable fraction of T4 may be transformed to T3 in normal man.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5449321 DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3950.1099
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728