Development of the cardiac conduction system as delineated by minK-lacZ

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-391

  Kondo, Richard P ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b   Kupershmidt, Sabina ^c   Roden, Dan M ^c   Evans, Sylvia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular canal; Conduction system; Embryogenesis; MinK; Outflow tract

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MINK LACZ PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LACZ GENE; MINK GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037961594     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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