Insights into cardiac conduction system formation provided by HCN4 expression

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Liang, Xingqun ^a,b   Evans, Sylvia M ^b,c,d   Sun, Yunfu ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; HCN4 PROTEIN; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HCN4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOUSE MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84919846337     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: 18732615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2014.08.009     Document Type: Review

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