Abstract
Summary
Injection of testosterone propionate to castrated male rats stimulated protein synthesis at the level of the sex linked organs, skin, and in subcutaneously implanted polyvinyl sponge. Other tissues studied showed no effect of testosterone on rate of protein labeling after receiving 1-C14-glycine. The unique behavior of the perineal muscle in contrast to other skeletal muscles points to its unsuitability for myotrophic assay of anabolic hormones. The tissues where anabolic activity was stimulated also showed a concomitant increase of radioactivity in their non-protein fractions.
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