Rapid turnover of connexin43 in the adult rat heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 629-635

  Beardslee, Michael A ^a   Laing, James G ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^b   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic substrate of arrhythmia; Connexin43; Gap junction; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

EID: 0032555956     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.6.629     Document Type: Article

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