The cardiac muscle cell

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-199

  Severs, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0033965656     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200002)22:2<188::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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