Connexin45 expression is preferentially associated with the ventricular conduction system in mouse and rat heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-243

  Coppen, Steven R ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Rothery, Stephen ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Connexin45; Gap junction; Intercellular conduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032498522     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.82.2.232     Document Type: Article

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