Molecular architecture of the human specialised atrioventricular conduction axis

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 642-651

  Greener, I D ^a   Monfredi, O ^a   Inada, S ^a   Chandler, N J ^a   Tellez, J O ^a   Atkinson, A ^a   Taube, M A ^a   Billeter, R ^b   Anderson, R H ^a   Efimov, I R ^c   Molenaar, P ^d   Sigg, D C ^e   Sharma, V ^e   Boyett, M R ^a   Dobrzynski, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrioventricular node; Gap junctions; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM HANDLING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CAVEOLIN 3; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79952069424     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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