Xin and the art of intercalated disk maintenance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Palatinus, Joseph A ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; MYOSIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

CELL ADHESION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYTOSKELETON; EDITORIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERCALATED DISK; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOMERE; XIN GENE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 36148996483     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00954.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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