Permeability properties of monolayers of the human trophoblast cell line BeWo

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Liu, Fei ^a   Soares, Michael J ^b   Audus, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid transport; Passive diffusion; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030666977     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.5.c1596     Document Type: Article

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