Arrhythmias in connexin-deficient mice generated by gene targeting: Impact on arrhythmia research;Herzrhythmusstörungen bei gezielt connexin-defizienten mäusen: Bedeutung für die rhythmologie

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1108-1118

  Hagendorff, A ^a   Plum, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Connexins; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CONNEXINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 0034509637     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920070138     Document Type: Article

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