Cx43 gap junctions in cardiac development

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 264-269

  Lo, Cecilia W ^a   Wessels, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031687130     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-1738(98)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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