Functional analysis of the connexin43 gene promoter in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 379-389

  De Leon, Joshua R ^a   Buttrick, Peter M ^a   Fishman, Glenn I ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiocyte; Connexin; Gap junction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028243255     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1994.1047     Document Type: Article

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