Cardiomyocytes differentiated in vitro from embryonic stem cells developmentally express cardiac-specific genes and ionic currents

Circulation Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 233-244

  Maltsev, Victor A ^a   Wobus, Anna M ^a   Rohwedel, Jürgen ^a   Bader, Michael ^b   Hescheler, Jürgen ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiomyocytes; differentiation; ionic currents; mouse embryonic stem cells; patch clamp

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0028365627     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.75.2.233     Document Type: Article

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