The survival of embryonic cardiomyocytes transplanted into damaged host rat myocardium

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Connold, A L ^a   Frischknecht, R ^b   Dimitrakos, M ^a   Vrbova G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031018998     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018680900305     Document Type: Article

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