Gap junction channels and cardiac impulse propagation

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 13-28

  Desplantez, Thomas ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^b   Severs, Nicholas J ^b   Weingart, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Disease; Gap junction; Heart; Impulse propagation

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 36048967173     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9046-8     Document Type: Review

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