Misregulation of connexin43 gap junction channels and congenital heart defects

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 219, Issue , 1999, Pages 212-225

  Dasgupta, Chiranjib ^a   Escobar Poni, Bertha ^a   Shah, Maithili ^a   Duncan, John ^a   Fletcher, William H ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032605230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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