To beat or not to beat: Degradation of Cx43 imposes the heart rhythm

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 476-481

  Martins Marques, Tânia ^a   Catarino, Steve ^a   Marques, Carla ^a   Pereira, Paulo ^a   Girão, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Heart; Ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS)

Indexed keywords

CX43 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONNEXIN 43; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AUTOPHAGY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ATRIAL REMODELING; AUTOPHAGY; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEOLYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 84934934067     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150046     Document Type: Review

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