Null mutation of connexin43 causes slow propagation of ventricular activation in the late stages of mouse embryonic development

Circulation Research

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1196-1202

  Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Tamaddon, Houman S ^a   Lo, Cecilia W ^b   Taffet, Steven M ^a   Delmar, Mario ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a   Jalife, José ^a,c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Connexin; Development; Electrophysiology; Knockout

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035827720     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hh1101.091107     Document Type: Article

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