Low prevalence of connexin-40 gene variants in atrial tissues and blood from atrial fibrillation subjects

• Main Authors: Tchou Gregory D (Author), Wirka Robert C (Author), Van Wagoner David R (Author), Barnard John (Author), Chung Mina K (Author), Smith Jonathan D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The atrial gap junction protein connexin-40 (Cx40) has been implicated to play an important role in atrial conduction and development of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the frequency of Cx40 mutations in AF populations and their i...