Expression of an electrically silent voltage-gated potassium channel in the human placenta

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 624-629

  Fyfe, G K ^a   Panicker, S ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Wareing, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Placenta; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLUS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR TISSUE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84866149811     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.709288     Document Type: Article

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