Expression of the Kir2.1 (inwardly rectifying potassium channel) gene in the human placenta and in cultured cytotrophoblast cells at different stages of differentiation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-200

  Mylona, P ^a   Clarson, L H ^a   Greenwood, S L ^a   Sibley, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotrophoblast; Development; Differentiation; Kir2.1 gene; Placenta

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN KIR 2 1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031883244     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.2.195     Document Type: Article

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