Dominant-negative connexin43-EGFP inhibits calcium-transient synchronization of primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-94

  Oyamada, Yumiko ^a   Zhou, Wuxiong ^a   Oyamada, Hideto ^b   Takamatsu, Tetsuro ^a   Oyamada, Masahito ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium transients; Cardiomyocytes; Connexin; Dominant negative mutation; EGFP; Gap junctions; Heart; Synchronized contraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036343604     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5411     Document Type: Article

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