Designer gap junctions that prevent cardiac arrhythmias

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 33-38

  Kim, Eugene ^a   Fishman, Glenn I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CREATINE KINASE BB; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MONOMER; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873192476     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: 18732615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2012.08.008     Document Type: Review

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