Alphafetoprotein and alphafetoprotein receptor expression in the normal human placenta at term

Placenta

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 190-200

  Newby, D ^a   Dalgliesh, G ^a   Lyall, F ^a   Aitken, D A ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 13844297837     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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