Characterization of cardiac conduction system abnormalities in mice with targeted disruption of Six5 gene

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-135

  Wakimoto, Hiroko ^a   Maguire, Colin T ^a   Sherwood, Megan C ^a,b   Vargas, Marcel M ^a   Sarkar, Partha S ^c   Han, Jennifer ^c   Reddy, Sita ^c   Berul, Charles I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Atrioventricular conduction; Electrophysiology; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GENE DISRUPTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QRS COMPLEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0036817811     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020881520353     Document Type: Article

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