trophectoderm

Noun

trophectoderm (plural trophectoderms)

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).1998, Tom P. Fleming, Elizabeth Butler, Jane Collins, Bhav Sheth, Arthur E. Wild, “Cell Polarity and Mouse Early Development”, in James R. Bartles, E. Edward Bittar, editors, Cell Polarity, JAI...
   • The embryo is mostly derived from the descendants of the inner cell mass, whereas the external cells, the trophoblasts or trophectoderm, produce no embryonic structures (Gardner 1983; Hogan et al. 1994).1998, T. J. Soos, M. Park, H. Kiyokawa, A. Koff, “Regulation of the cell cycle by CDK inhibitors”, in Michele Pagano, editor, Cell Cycle Control: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation...