Age-related changes in gap junctional protein of the rat heart

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-132

  Watanabe, Masazumi ^a   Ichinose, Shizuko ^b   Sunamori, Makoto ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Connexin 43; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 4444383057     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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