The SNAT4 isoform of the system A amino acid transporter is functional in human placental microvillous plasma membrane

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-72

  Desforges, Michelle ^a   Mynett, K J ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Greenwood, S L ^a   Westwood, M ^a   Sibley, C P ^a   Glazier, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SNAT1; PROTEIN SNAT2; PROTEIN SNAT4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; ARGININE; BETA-ALANINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 58149287671     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.161331     Document Type: Article

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