Gene regulatory networks in cardiac conduction system development

Circulation Research

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1525-1537

  Munshi, Nikhil V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node; conduction system; Purkinje fiber; sinus node; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; ENDOTHELIN 1; MICRORNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RHYTHM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOTYPE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PURKINJE FIBERS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84861625028     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.260026     Document Type: Review

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