The area composita of adhering junctions connecting heart muscle cells of vertebrates. V. The importance of plakophilin-2 demonstrated by small interference RNA-mediated knockdown in cultured rat cardiomyocytes

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 399-411

  Pieperhoff, Sebastian ^a   Schumacher, Heiderose ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Desmosomes; Intercalated disk; Plakophilin 2; RNA knockdown; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

DESMOPLAKIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLAKOPHILINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VERTEBRATES;

AREAE; ASTERACEAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44449156929     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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