Cardiac conduction abnormalities in mice lacking the gap junction protein connexin40

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1380-1389

  Verheule, Sander ^a,c   Van Batenburg, Christel A J A C ^a   Coenjaerts, Frank E J ^a   Kirchhoff, Susanne ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Conduction; Connexin; Electrocardiography; Mouse

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0032885322     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00194.x     Document Type: Article

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