作者: F. Javier Piedrafita , Magnus Pfahl
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6837-3_6
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摘要: Thyroid hormones notably Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) play important roles in many biological processes all vertebrates (De Groot et al, 1984). They affect growth, development differentiation, metabolism homeostasis. A particularly striking observation was made by Gudernatsch the early part of this century that thyroid hormones, when given to tadpoles, induce rapid metamorphosis (Gudernatsch, 1912). The molecular mechanisms on how exert their pleiotropic functions have, therefore, been great interest.