Modulation of cardiac gap junctions: The mode of action of arachidonic acid

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1703-1713

  Schmilinsky Fluri, Gisela ^a   Valiunas, Virginijus ^a   Willi, Marius ^a   Weingart, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Arachidonic acid cascade; Cardiac cells; Gap junction conductance; Gap junctions; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

4 BROMOPHENACYL BROMIDE; 5,8,11,14 ICOSATETRAYNOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CLOMOXIR; INDOMETACIN; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PROADIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031172155     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0409     Document Type: Article

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