Down regulation of immuno-detectable cardiac connexin-43 in BALB/c mice following acute fasting

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-102

  McLachlan, Craig S ^a   Almsherqi, Zakaria A ^b   Mossop, Peter ^c   Suzuki, Jinya ^d   Leong, See Ting ^b   Deng, Yuru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute starvation; Cardiac myocyte; Connexin 43; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FASTING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649873469     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.098     Document Type: Article

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