β-MyHC and cardiac hypertrophy: Size does matter

Circulation Research

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-610

  Pandya, Kumar ^a   Smithies, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MyHC; cardiac hypertrophy; cell size; Editorials; flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA;

EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 80052598793     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.252619     Document Type: Editorial

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