An mRNA encoding a putative GABA-gated chloride channel is expressed in the human cardiac conduction system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1382-1389

  Garret, Maurice ^a   Bascles, Lionel ^a   Boue Grabot, Eric ^a   Sartor, Pierre ^a   Charron, Gisele ^a   Bloch, Bertrand ^a   Margolskee, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction system; GABA receptors; Heart; In situ hybridization; PCR; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030934368     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68041382.x     Document Type: Article

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