Transgenic remodeling of the contractile apparatus in the mammalian heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 504-509

  Palermo, Joseph ^a   Gulick, James ^a   Colbert, Melissa ^a   Fewell, Jason ^a   Robbins, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

gene muscle; myosin light chain; transgenic

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030023987     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.3.504     Document Type: Article

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