Dynamic interactions between myocytes, fibroblasts, and extracellular matrix

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1080, Issue , 2006, Pages 76-84

  Banerjee, Indroneal ^a   Yekkala, Krishna ^a   Borg, Thomas K ^a   Baudino, Troy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Connexins; Extracellular matrix; Fibroblasts; Myocytes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CADHERIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33845654352     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1380.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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