Article
Modulation of cardiac gap junction expression and arrhythmic susceptibility.
Circulation research - 12 Nov 2004
Danik Stephan B, Liu Fangyu, Zhang Jie, Suk H Jacqueline, Morley Gregory E, Fishman Glenn I, Gutstein David E
Abstract excerpt
Connexin43 (Cx43), the predominant ventricular gap junction protein, is critical for maintaining normal cardiac electrical conduction, and its absence in the mouse heart results in sudden arrhythmic death. The mechanisms linking reduced Cx43 abundance in the heart and inducibility of malignant ve...
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