Novel insights into the distribution of cardiac HCN channels: An expression study in the mouse heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 997-1006

  Herrmann, Stefan ^a   Layh, Beate ^a   Ludwig, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Conduction system; HCN channel; His bundle; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HIS BUNDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 80055116113     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: 10958584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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