Membrane trafficking of CD98 and its ligand galectin 3 in BeWo cells--implication for placental cell fusion.
CD98 heavy chain (CD98hc), expressed at high levels in developing human trophoblasts, is an integral membrane protein with multiple N-linked glycosylation sites and known to be important for cell fusion, adhesion, and amino acid transport. Western blotting and flow cytometry were used to study the e...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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