Connexins and impulse propagation in the mouse heart

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1649-1663

  Jalife, José ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional expression; Connexin40; Connexin43; Electrical wave propagation; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Knockout mice; Reentry; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033373089     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00230.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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