Whole genome expression differences in human left and right atria ascertained by RNA sequencing

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-335

  Hsu, Jeffrey ^a,b   Hanna, Peter ^c   Van Wagoner, David R ^b   Barnard, John ^b   Serre, David ^b   Chung, Mina K ^b   Smith, Jonathan D ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84864594391     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.961631     Document Type: Article

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