Cardiac conduction through engineered tissue

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-85

  Choi, Yeong Hoon ^a,c   Stamm, Christof ^a,d   Hammer, Peter E ^a   Kwaku, Kevin F ^b   Marler, Jennifer J ^a   Friehs, Ingeborg ^a   Jones, Mara ^a   Rader, Christine M ^a   Roy, Nathalie ^a   Eddy, Mau Thek ^a   Triedman, John K ^a   Walsh, Edward P ^a   McGowan Jr , Francis X ^a   Del Nido, Pedro J ^a   Cowan, Douglas B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; DNA; MYOD PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33745728752     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.051163     Document Type: Article

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