Transcription enhancer factor-1-related factor-transgenic mice develop cardiac conduction defects associated with altered connexin phosphorylation

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2980-2987

  Chen, Hsiao Huei ^a   Baty, Catherine J ^b   Maeda, Tomoji ^a   Brooks, Steven ^a   Baker, Linda C ^b   Ueyama, Takahisa ^a   Gursoy, Erdal ^a   Saba, Samir ^a   Salama, Guy ^b   London, Barry ^a   Stewart, Alexandre F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrium; Gap junctions; Transcription factors; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

AH INTERVAL; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RETF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HELA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 20844463585     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000146902.84099.26     Document Type: Article

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