Interpreting genetic effects through models of cardiac electromechanics

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Niederer, S A ^a   Land, S ^b   Omholt, S W ^c   Smith, N P ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiac electromechanics; Genotype phenotype map; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84870549137     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00121.2012     Document Type: Review

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