Molecular architecture of the human sinus node insights into the function of the cardiac pacemaker

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1562-1575

  Chandler, Natalie J ^a   Greener, Ian D ^a   Tellez, James O ^a   Inada, Shin ^a   Musa, Hanny ^a   Molenaar, Peter ^b   DiFrancesco, Dario ^c   Baruscotti, Mirko ^c   Longhi, Renato ^c   Anderson, Robert H ^a   Billeter, Rudolf ^d   Sharma, Vinod ^e   Sigg, Daniel C ^e   Boyett, Mark R ^a   Dobrzynski, Halina ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action potentials; electrophysiology8genes8ion channels; Sinus node

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SERCA2A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS NODE; VASCULAR TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SINOATRIAL NODE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64749110218     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.804369     Document Type: Article

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