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Dramatic Alterations in the Protein Biosynthetic Machinery Accompany Trophoblast Fusion

John M. Robinson

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, USA

This report represents a summary of a seminar presentation at Nippon Medical School on September 24, 2012. It is a synopsis of some of our research on trophoblast fusion.

J Nippon Med Sch 2013; 80: 95-96

Keywords
trophoblast, BeWo cells, cell fusion, biosynthesis

Correspondence to
John M. Robinson, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, 212/215 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Robinson.21@osu.edu

Received, November 20, 2012
Accepted, February 8, 2013