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Abnormal conduction and morphology in the atrioventricular node of mice with atrioventricular canal targeted deletion of Alk3/Bmpr1a receptor.
Circulation - 27 Nov 2007
Stroud Dina Myers, Gaussin Vinciane, Burch John B E, Yu Cindy, Mishina Yuji, Schneider Michael D, Fishman Glenn I, Morley Gregory E
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BACKGROUND: The atrioventricular (AV) node is essential for the sequential excitation and optimized contraction of the adult multichambered heart; however, relatively little is known about its formation from the embryonic AV canal. A recent study demonstrated that signaling by Alk3, the type 1a receptor for bone morphogenetic proteins, in the myocardium of the AV canal was required for the development of both the...
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