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FÁBRY'S experiments1 which were performed in this laboratory have shown that, in rats adapted to intermittent starvation, more glycogen is deposited in the liver after the intake of an equal amount of a mixed diet than in rats fed normally. We may thus expect that in these animals there develops an adaptation of the enzymes participating in glycogen synthesis. We have therefore attempted to estimate the liver hexokinase activity, because this enzyme has a key position in the synthesis of glycogen.
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PETRÁSEK, R. Liver Hexokinase Activity in Rats adapted to Intermittent Starvation. Nature 183, 329–330 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183329b0
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