Knockout of the neural and heart expressed gene HF-1b results in apical deficits of ventricular structure and activation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 548-560

  Hewett, Kenneth W ^a   Norman, Lisa W ^a   Sedmera, David ^a   Barker, Ralph J ^a   Justus, Charles ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Kubalak, Steven W ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Arteries; Gap junctions; Sudden death; Transgenic animal models

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HF 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EPICARDIUM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SIZE; CONNEXIN 43; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SP4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 22544476557     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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