Channeling diversity: Gap junction expression in the heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1159-1162

  Giovannone, Steven ^a   Remo, Benjamin F ^a   Fishman, Glenn I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PURKINJE FIBER; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84862864839     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.11.040     Document Type: Article

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