Mice lacking connexin45 conditionally in cardiac myocytes display embryonic lethality similar to that of germline knockout mice without endocardial cushion defect

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 365-369

  Nishii, Kiyomasa ^a   Kumai, Madoka ^b   Egashira, Katsuko ^c   Miwa, Takeshi ^c   Hashizume, Kanako ^a   Miyano, Yumi ^a   Shibata, Yosaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin45; Cre; Endocardial cushion; Heart; loxP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0346496105     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040454     Document Type: Article

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