Sodium channels are required for cardiac cell-fate specification via a novel, non-electrogenic mechanism in zebrafish.

Electrical signaling events are required for each human thought, feeling, and perception, the movement of our limbs, and the beat of our hearts. As the initiators of action potentials in excitable tissues, voltage-gated sodium channels play significant roles in both normal and pathological signaling...

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Main Author: Chopra, Sameer
Other Authors: Dan Roden
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11302008-131316/