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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Synonym: PTU | |||
Inhibits metamorphosis via thyroid hormone signaling. | Inhibits metamorphosis via thyroid hormone signaling. | ||
"5-Propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) is used to induce and study mechanisms of hypothyroidism at the levels of thyroid hormone biosynthesis and gene regulation." | |||
*-Sigma Product Description | |||
[[File:propylthiouracil.png|frame|right|propylthiouracil structure, photo from PubChem]] | [[File:propylthiouracil.png|frame|right|propylthiouracil structure, photo from PubChem]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:18, 25 June 2015
Description
Synonym: PTU
Inhibits metamorphosis via thyroid hormone signaling.
"5-Propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) is used to induce and study mechanisms of hypothyroidism at the levels of thyroid hormone biosynthesis and gene regulation."
- -Sigma Product Description
Genes Affected
maybe THRA
Suppliers
Usage Notes
References
>69 Xenbase articles contain a reference to propylthiouracil according to textpresso