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anchoring trophoblast

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CL:0002219
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A trophoblast found at the junction of the placenta. This cell type makes a unique fibronectin-trophouteronectin junction that helps mediate attachment of the placenta to the uterus. This cell type is also found junction of the chorion layer of the external membranes and the decidua. http://www.med.yale.edu/obgyn/kliman/placenta/articles/EOR_Placenta/Trophtoplace
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