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Hormonal Regulation of Growth and Protein Synthesis

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Regulation of protein synthesis by growth and developmental hormones is built largely into newly formed ribosomes. A topographical segregation of polyribosomes by attachment to cytoplasmic membranes, which are generated in parallel with the additional ribosomes, may facilitate the synthesis of hormone-specific proteins.

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TATA, J. Hormonal Regulation of Growth and Protein Synthesis. Nature 219, 331–337 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219331a0

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