## Abstract Cultured preadipose 3T3 cells undergo a process of differentiation in which they convert to adipose cells. Growth hormone promotes this conversion. Since 3T3 sublines vary in their susceptibility to adipose conversion, it was of interest to examine the properties of the growth hormone r
Sensitivity of preadipose 3T3 cells to growth hormone
β Scribed by Minoru Morikawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 700 KB
- Volume
- 128
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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