Electrical activation of sinus venosus myocardium and expression patterns of RhoA and Isl-1 in the chick embryo

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1284-1292

  Vicente Steijn, Rebecca ^a   Kolditz, Denise P ^a   Mahtab, Edris A F ^a   Askar, Saïd F A ^a   Bax, Noortje A M ^a   Van Der Graaf, Linda M ^a   Wisse, Lambertus J ^a   Passier, Robert ^a   Pijnappels, Daniël A ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Poelmann, Robert E ^a   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^a   Jongbloed, Monique R M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction system; Cardiac development; Posterior heart field; Second heart field; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ISL 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PACEMAKER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; SINUS VENOSUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 78249252367     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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