System β and System A amino acid transporters in the feline endotheliochorial placenta

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 6 56-6, 2004, Pages

  Champion, E E ^a   Mann, S J ^b   Glazier, J D ^a   Jones, C J P ^a   Rawlings, J M ^b   Sibley, C P ^a   Greenwood, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycine; MeAIB; Syncytiotrophoblast; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BETA ALANINE; GLYCINE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM ION; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; CATS; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TAURINE;

EID: 8844261086     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00530.2003     Document Type: Article

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