Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 2010

The Glycosylation Pattern of Secretory Granules in Binucleate Trophoblast Cells is Highly Conserved in Ruminants

  • K. Klisch

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine & Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, College Road, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 115 95 16247.
    • ,
  • F.B.P. Wooding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • C.J.P. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, UK

,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.11.001

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 2010

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