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N-cadherin haploinsufficiency affects cardiac gap junctions and arrhythmic susceptibility.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Mar 2008
Li Jifen, Levin Mark D, Xiong Yanming, Petrenko Nataliya, Patel Vickas V, Radice Glenn L
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac-specific deletion of the murine gene (Cdh2) encoding the cell adhesion molecule, N-cadherin, results in disassembly of the intercalated disc (ICD) structure and sudden arrhythmic death. Connexin 43 (Cx43)-containing gap junctions are significantly reduced in the heart after depleting N-ca...
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