Transplacental uptake of glucose is decreased in embryonic lethal connexin26-deficient mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1453-1461

  Gabriel, Heinz Dieter ^a   Jung, Dirk ^a   Bützler, Christoph ^a   Temme, Achim ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Winterhager, Elke ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0032559798     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.6.1453     Document Type: Article

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