Modifying L-type calcium current kinetics: Consequences for cardiac excitation and arrhythmia dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-423

  Mahajan, Aman ^a   Sato, Daisuke ^a   Shiferaw, Yohannes ^b   Baher, Ali ^a   Xie, Lai Hua ^a   Peralta, Robert ^a   Olcese, Riccardo ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; PINACIDIL; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); VERAPAMIL; CALMODULIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIMULATION; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS;

EID: 38349042115     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.98590     Document Type: Article

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