Volume 25, No 11, Nov 2015

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 25 Issue 11, November 2015: 1273-1276

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Loss of the sulfate transporter Slc13a4 in placenta causes severe fetal abnormalities and death in mice

Joanna Rakoczy, Zhe Zhang, Francis Gerard Bowling, Paul Anthony Dawson and David Gordon Simmons

Correspondence:

Sulfate is an obligate nutrient for numerous cellular and metabolic processes important for fetal development1. Fetal tissues express sulfotransferases which conjugate sulfate (sulfonate) to molecules such as steroids and hormones, leading to their inactivation².

10.1038/cr.2015.100

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