In Vitro Functional Analyses of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy-Associated Desmoglein-2-Missense Variations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gaertner, Anna ^a   Klauke, Baerbel ^a   Stork, Ines ^a   Niehaus, Karsten ^b   Niemann, Gesa ^b   Gummert, Jan ^a   Milting, Hendrik ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 2; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; WILD TYPE;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; DESMOGLEIN 2; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84867374205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047097     Document Type: Article

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