Connexin40-deficient mice exhibit atrioventricular nodal and infra-Hisian conduction abnormalities

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1270-1276

  Vanderbrink, Brian A ^a   Sellitto, Caterina ^b   Saba, Samir ^a   Link, Mark S ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   Homoud, Munther K ^a   Mark Estes III, N A ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Wang, Paul J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular conduction; Connexin; Gap junctions; Mice

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIS BUNDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033756670     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2000.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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