Novel Germline GJA5/Connexin40 Mutations Associated with Lone Atrial Fibrillation Impair Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication

Human Mutation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Sun, Yiguo ^a   Yang, Yi Qing ^b   Gong, Xiang Qun ^a   Wang, Xin Hua ^b   Li, Ruo Gu ^b   Tan, Hong Wei ^b   Liu, Xu ^b   Fang, Wei Yi ^b   Bai, Donglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

AF; Atrial fibrillation; Connexin40; Gap junction; Germline mutation; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GERM LINE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84875491919     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22278     Document Type: Article

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