Iroquois homeobox gene 3 establishes fast conduction in the cardiac His-Purkinje network

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13576-13581

  Zhang, Shan Shan ^a,b,c,d   Kim, Kyoung Han ^d   Rosen, Anna ^d   Smyth, James W ^b,e   Sakuma, Rui ^c   Delgado Olguiń, Paul ^a   Davis, Mark ^d   Chi, Neil C ^b,e,h   Puviindran, Vijitha ^c   Gaborit, Nathalie ^a   Sukonnik, Tatyana ^a   Wylie, John N ^a   Brand Arzamendi, Koroboshka ^b,e   Farman, Gerrie P ^d   Kim, Jieun ^c,d   Rose, Robert A ^d,i   Marsden, Phillip A ^d   Zhu, Yonghong ^c   Zhou, Yu Qing ^f   Miquerol, Lucile ^g   Henkelman, R Mark ^d,f   Stainier, Didier Y R ^b,e   Shaw, Robin M ^b,e   Hui, Chi Chung ^c,d   Bruneau, Benoit G ^a,b,e   Backx, Peter H ^d   more..

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Mouse Imaging Centre   (Canada)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Electrophysiology; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE LOSS; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HIS BUNDLE POTENTIAL; IROQUOIS HOMEOBOX GENE 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE FIBER; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE OF HIS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PURKINJE FIBERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052011279     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106911108     Document Type: Article

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