Immunolocalization of GLUT1 and connexin 26 in the rat placenta

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-89

  Shin, Bo Chul ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a   Kuraoka, Akio ^b   Shibata, Yosaburo ^b   Takata, Kuniaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Gap junctions; Glucose transporter, GLUT1; Placenta; Rat (Wistar); Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030018119     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050623     Document Type: Article

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