Regulatory effect of connexin 43 on basal ca2+ signaling in rat ventricular myocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Li, Chen ^a   Meng, Qingli ^a   Yu, Xinfeng ^a   Jing, Xian ^a   Xu, Pingxiang ^a   Luo, Dali ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOETHOXYDIPHENYLBORANE; CONNEXIN 43; FLUFENAMIC ACID; HEPTANOL; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; LUCIFER YELLOW; PHENYLEPHRINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; XESTOSPONGIN C; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMPONENT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMICHANNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART VENTRICLES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS; ISOQUINOLINES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84860479805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036165     Document Type: Article

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