Distribution and role of gap junctions in normal myocardium and human ischaemic heart disease

Histochemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 105-120

  Green, Colin R ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL JUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027546962     PISSN: 03015564     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00571871     Document Type: Article

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