Localization of α-tocopherol transfer protein in trophoblast, fetal capillaries′ endothelium and amnion epithelium of human term placenta

Free Radical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-420

  Müller Schmehl, Katrin ^a   Beninde, Julia ^b   Finckh, Barbara ^b   Florian, Simone ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^c   Brigelius Flohé, Regina ^a   Schuelke, Markus ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

tocopherol transfer protein; Amnion; Placenta; Trophoblast; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TROPHOBLAST;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AMNION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAPILLARIES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLACENTA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 11144354632     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760310001659611     Document Type: Article

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