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| ==Description==
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| Synonym: PTU
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| Inhibits metamorphosis via thyroid hormone signaling.
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| "5-Propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) is used to induce and study mechanisms of hypothyroidism at the levels of thyroid hormone biosynthesis and gene regulation."
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| *-Sigma Product Description
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| [[File:propylthiouracil.png|frame|right|propylthiouracil structure, photo from PubChem]]
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| ==Genes Affected==
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| maybe [http://www.xenbase.org/gene/showgene.do?method=display&geneId=5966550 THRA ]
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| ==Suppliers==
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| *[http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/p0643?lang=en®ion=US Sigma]
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| ==Usage Notes==
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| ==References==
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| *[https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/657298 Pubchem]
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| *[http://www.xenbase.org/literature/article.do?method=display&articleId=32532 MaClean et al., 1976]
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| >69 Xenbase articles contain a reference to propylthiouracil according to [http://www.xenbase.org/cgi-bin/textpresso/xenopus/search textpresso]
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| *
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| *[[Small Molecules for Xenopus Research|Back To Small Molecules Home Page]]
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