Functional heterogeneity of human term cytotrophoblasts revealed by differential sensitivity to extracellular Ca2+ and nucleotides

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-144

  Bradbury, R A ^a   McCall, M N ^a   Brown, M J ^b   Conigrave, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; PROGESTERONE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; FURA-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; TROPHOBLASTS; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0029995143     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1490135     Document Type: Article

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