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Article: Study results from University of Victoria in the area of hormones published.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- August 26, 2009
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"In vertebrates, thyroid hormones (THs, thyroxine, and triiodothyronine) are critical cell signaling molecules. THs regulate and coordinate physiology within and between cells, tissues, and whole organisms, in addition to controlling embryonic growth and development, via dose-dependent regulatory effects on essential genes," scientists writing in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology report (see also Hormones).
"While invertebrates and plants do not have thyroid glands, many utilize THs for development, while others store iodine as TH derivatives or TH precursor molecules (iodotyrosines)or produce similar hormones that act in analogous ways. Such common ...