Distribution of costameric proteins in normal human ventricular and atrial cardiac muscle

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 605-608

  di Mauro, Debora ^a   Gaeta, Roberto ^a   Arco, Alba ^a   Milardi, Demetrio ^a   Lentini, Salvatore ^a   Runci, Michele ^a   Rizzo, Giuseppina ^a   Magaudda, Ludovico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrium; Costameres; Immunohistochemistry; Intercalated disk; T tubules; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COSTAMERIC PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRIN; TALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTAMERE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954418096     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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