Novel ligands for zipping and unzipping the intercalated disk: Today's experimental tools, tomorrow's therapies?

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-230

  Veeraraghavan, Rengasayee ^a   Poelzing, Steven ^a,b   Gourdie, Robert G ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 2;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; INTERCALATED DISK; PROTEIN TARGETING; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; GAP JUNCTION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DESMOGLEIN 2; GAP JUNCTIONS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84913541187     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvu216     Document Type: Editorial

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