Funny channel gene mutations associated with arrhythmias

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4117-4124

  Difrancesco, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVABRADINE; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL;

ASYMPTOMATIC SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIOLOGICAL PACEMAKER; CHANNEL GENE MUTATION; CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE; CHRONOTROPISM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC PACEMAKER; FAINTNESS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HCN4 GENE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYMPTOMATIC SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA BRADYCARDIA SYNDROME; TORSADE DES POINTES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 84883270748     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.253765     Document Type: Review

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