A lectin binding analysis of glycosylation patterns during development of the equine placenta

Placenta

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-57

  Jones, C J P ^a,e   Wooding, F B P ^b   Dantzer, V ^c   Leiser, R ^d   Stoddart, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HORSE; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0032931228     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1998.0354     Document Type: Article

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