Serine racemase and D-serine transport in human placenta and evidence for a transplacental gradient for D-serine in humans

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 294-303

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Srinivas, Sonne R ^a   Jones, Chandra R ^a   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^a   Prasad, Puttur D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid; development; transplacental; transport; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRO SERINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALALDEHYDE; RACEMASE; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; SERINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 3042547300     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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