Distinct gene-sex interactions regulate adult rat cardiomyocyte width and length independently

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2003, Pages 61-67

  Boutin Ganache, I ^a   Picard, S ^a   Deschepper, C F ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte shape; Congenic rat strains; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Natriuretic peptide precursor A; Sex

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; NPPA PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; CONGENIC STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; STEM CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, C-TYPE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037180746     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00121.2002     Document Type: Article

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