Spatiotemporal development and distribution of intercellular junctions in adult rat cardiomyocytes in culture

Circulation Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-167

  Kostin, Sawa ^a   Hein, Stefan ^a   Bauer, Erwin P ^a   Schaper, Jutta ^a,b  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desmosome; Development; Fascia adherens; Gap junction; Intercalated disk

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; DESMOPLAKIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033597942     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.85.2.154     Document Type: Article

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