Human atrial conduction and arrhythmogenesis correlates with conformational exposure of specific epitopes on the connexin40 carboxyl tail

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 675-687

  Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a,b   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Rothery, Stephen ^c   Coppen, Steven ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Connexins; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 40; EPITOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PACING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONNEXINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPSIN;

EID: 33646120823     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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