The basal chorionic trophoblast cell layer: An emerging coordinator of placenta development

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 254-265

  Walentin, Katharina ^a   Hinze, Christian ^a,b   Schmidt Ott, Kai M ^a,b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal chorionic trophoblast; Basement membrane; Branching morphogenesis; Epithelial polarity; grainyhead like 2 (Grhl2); Labyrinth; Placenta development; Rhox4b; Spint1; Spint2

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; INNER EAR; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE MUTANT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CHORION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84969318907     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500087     Document Type: Review

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