Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 445-452 , May 2007

l-Serine Uptake by Human Placental Microvillous Membrane Vesicles

  • R.M. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Level F (MP887), Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 23 8077 7222x8226; fax: +44 23 8078 6933.
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  • J. Glazier

      Affiliations

    • The Division of Human Development, The Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • S.L. Greenwood

      Affiliations

    • The Division of Human Development, The Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • E.J. Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Level F (MP887), Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
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  • K.M. Godfrey

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Level F (MP887), Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
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  • A.A. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
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  • C.P. Sibley

      Affiliations

    • The Division of Human Development, The Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • I.T. Cameron

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Level F (MP887), Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
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  • M.A. Hanson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Level F (MP887), Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK

,Accepted 18 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.06.014

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 445-452 , May 2007

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