Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel gene: The most possible therapeutic applications in the field of cardiac biological pacemakers

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-544

  Zhou, Ya Feng ^a   Yang, Xiang Jun ^a   Li, Hong Xia ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447274799     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.01.049     Document Type: Article

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