Hypoxia reduces expression and function of system A amino acid transporters in cultured term human trophoblasts

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 2 53-2, 2003, Pages

  Nelson, D M ^a   Smith, S D ^a   Furesz, T C ^b   Sadovsky, Y ^a,b   Ganapathy, V ^c   Parvin, C A ^a   Smith, C H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Placenta; System ASC; System L

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TROPHOBLAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037303394     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00253.2002     Document Type: Article

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