Connexin defects underlie arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a novel mouse model

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1134-1150

  Lyon, Robert C ^a   Mezzano, Valeria ^a   Wright, Adam T ^b   Pfeiffer, Emily ^b   Chuang, Joyce ^b   Banares, Katherine ^a   Castaneda, Allan ^a   Ouyang, Kunfu ^a   Cui, Li ^c   Contu, Riccardo ^a   Gu, Yusu ^a   Evans, Sylvia M ^c   Omens, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Peterson, Kirk L ^a   Mcculloch, Andrew D ^b   Sheikh, Farah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CATECHOLAMINES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 84894083453     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt508     Document Type: Article

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