Connexin43 as a determinant of myocardial infarct size following coronary occlusion in mice

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-686

  Kanno, Shigeto ^a   Kovacs, Attila ^a   Yamada, Kathryn A ^a   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; GENETIC CODE; HEALING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037454041     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02893-0     Document Type: Article

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