Mice lacking connexin40 have cardiac conduction abnormalities characteristic of atrioventricular block and bundle branch block

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Simon, Alexander M ^a   Goodenough, Daniel A ^a   Paul, David L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0032567887     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70113-7     Document Type: Article

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