JNK bond regulation: Why do mammalian hearts invest in connexin43?

Circulation Research

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 556-558

  Barker, Ralph J ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

c Jun N terminal kinase; Disease; Gap junction; Human; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0037019951     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000036861.37203.2F     Document Type: Editorial

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