Identification and functional characterization of cardiac pacemaker cells in zebrafish.

In the mammalian heart a conduction system of nodes and conducting cells generates and transduces the electrical signals evoking myocardial contractions. Specialized pacemaker cells initiating and controlling cardiac contraction rhythmicity are localized in an anatomically identifiable structure of...

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Main Authors: Federico Tessadori, Jan Hendrik van Weerd, Silja B Burkhard, Arie O Verkerk, Emma de Pater, Bastiaan J Boukens, Aryan Vink, Vincent M Christoffels, Jeroen Bakkers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3473062?pdf=render