Trophectoderm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The ectoderm from which the trophoblast develops.

    "In addition to Na+, K+-ATPase (see above), the Na+-independent GLUT2 glucose cotransporter is localized on trophectoderm basolateral membranes (Aghayan et al., 1992)."

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"In addition to Na+, K+-ATPase (see above), the Na+-independent GLUT2 glucose cotransporter is localized on trophectoderm basolateral membranes (Aghayan et al., 1992)."

Etymology

From tropho- + ectoderm.

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