HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA - EFFECTS ON EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE IN NEONATAL RATS

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FRANCESCONI, RP
MAGER, M
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[1] Biochemistry and Pharmacology Laboratory, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick
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10.1126/science.166.3911.1412
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Despite a reduction in liver and body weights of neonatal rats born and reared at a simulated altitude of 5790 meters (oxygen pressure, 76.36 millimeters of mercury), the hepatic enzyme tryptophan oxygenase develops prematurely in these stressed animals as compared to controls reared at sea level. Also, the specific activities remain distinctly elevated through the first 9 days of age; thus, the competence for premature synthesis of tryptophan oxygenase is confirmed in neonatal rats.
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