The human gene coding for HCN2, a pacemaker channel of the heart

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1446, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-425

  Vaccari, T ^a   Moroni, A ^b   Rocchi, M ^c   Gorza, L ^d   Bianchi, M E ^a   Beltrame, M ^a   Difrancesco, D ^b  

^a Dipto Genet Biol Microrganismi   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Biochimica Comparata   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Anat Patologica e Genet   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker channel; Chromosome 19; Hyperpolarization activated channel

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; KIDNEY CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUS NODE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ION CHANNELS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0032814822     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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