Electrophysiological characterization of connexin 40 deficient hearts - In vivo studies in connexin-deficient mice generated by gene targeting;Elektrophysiologische charakterisierung connexin 40-defizienter herzen - In vivo-untersuchungen an mäusen

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 898-905

  Hagendorff, A ^a   Kirchhoff, S ^b   Kruger O ^b   Eckardt, D ^b   Plum, A ^e   Schumacher, B ^c   Wolpert, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Zentrum für Kardiovaskuläre Medizin   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Connexin 40; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QRS COMPLEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CONNEXINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART BLOCK; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0035692395     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920170060     Document Type: Article

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