Neutral amino acid uptake by the microvillous plasma membrane of the human placenta is inversely related to fetal size at birth in normal pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3320-3326

  Godfrey, Keith M ^a   Matthews, Nina ^a   Glazier, Jocelyn ^b   Jackson, Alan ^a   Wilman, Clare ^a   Sibley, Colin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROVILLUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROVILLI; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031770871     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.9.3320     Document Type: Article

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