Connexin-Mediated Cardiac Impulse Propagation: Connexin 30.2 Slows Atrioventricular Conduction in Mouse Heart

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Kreuzberg, Maria M ^a,b   Willecke, Klaus ^a,b   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750001478     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2006.05.002     Document Type: Review

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