Heterogeneity of myocardial sleeve morphology and gap junctions in canine superior vena cava

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 3152-3157

  Yeh, Hung I ^a   Lai, Yu Jun ^a   Lee, Shih Huang ^b   Lee, Yi Nan ^a   Ko, Yu Shien ^c   Chen, Shih Ann ^d   Severs, Nicholas J ^e   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Junctions; Proteins; Veins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035910005     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc5001.100836     Document Type: Article

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