Mammalian enabled (Mena) is a critical regulator of cardiac function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Aguilar, Frédérick ^a   Belmonte, Stephen L ^a   Ram, Rashmi ^a   Noujaim, Sami F ^b   Dunaevsky, Olga ^a   Protack, Tricia L ^a   Jalife, Jose ^b   Massey, H Todd ^a   Gertler, Frank B ^c   Blaxall, Burns C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Heart failure; Intercalated disc; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

CALSEQUESTRIN; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MENA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 79955842523     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01127.2010     Document Type: Article

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