Transferrin microheterogeneity in fetal blood

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-103

  Wu, Y ^a   Sakamoto, H ^a   Kanenishi, K ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Ueno, M ^a   Hata, T ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crossed immunoisoelectric focusing; Fetal growth; Fetal transferrin; Glycosylation; Microheterogeneity; Sialylation; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS GROWTH; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIALYLATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TURBIDIMETRY;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREGNANCY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 4344675215     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078311     Document Type: Article

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