Remodeling of mechanical junctions and of microtubule-associated proteins accompany cardiac connexin43 lateralization

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1133-1140.e6

  Chkourko, Halina S ^a,b   Guerrero Serna, Guadalupe ^b   Lin, Xianming ^a   Darwish, Nedal ^a   Pohlmann, Joshua R ^b   Cook, Keith E ^b   Martens, Jeffrey R ^b   Rothenberg, Eli ^a   Musa, Hassan ^b   Delmar, Mario ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Desmosomes; EB1; Gap junctions; Kinesin; Sodium current

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; KINESIN 5; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; ION CURRENT; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84862891843     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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