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Rat ovary is insensitive to luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotrophin till to the 8th to 10th day of postnatal development. This insensitivity is due to the lack of a specific hormone receptor.
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This work was supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 46). Purified HCG was a gift of Schering AG, Berlin-West. We thank Dr F. Peters for performing the iodination of HCG.
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Siebers, J.W., Schmidtke, J. & Engel, W. HCG-insensitivity of the postnatal rat ovary is due to the lack of a specific receptor. Experientia 33, 689–690 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946579
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