Gap junctions - Guards of excitability

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 508-512

  Stroemlund, Line Waring ^a   Jensen, Christa Funch ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^b   Delmar, Mario ^c   Nielsen, Morten Schak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx43; Intercalated disc; Microtubule; Nav1.5; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SCN5A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERCALATED DISC; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NAV1.5 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

EID: 84935001827     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150059     Document Type: Review

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