Chamber-related differences in connexin expression in the human heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 991-1003

  Vozzi, Cristina ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Coppen, Steven R ^a   Hung I, Yeh ^b   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction; Connexins; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033136119     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.0937     Document Type: Article

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