Isolation of Plasma Membrane Vesicles from Mouse Placenta at Term and Measurement of System A and System β Amino Acid Transporter Activity

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Kusinski, L C ^a   Jones, C J P ^a   Baker, P N ^a   Sibley, C P ^a   Glazier, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Amino acid; Mouse; Placental transport; Taurine; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER SYSTEM BETA; ISOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLAMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID C 14; SODIUM ION; TAURINE; TAURINE H 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLAST;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 71949093847     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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