Assembly of the cardiac intercalated disk during pre- and postnatal development of the human heart.

In cardiac muscle, the intercalated disk (ID) at the longitudinal cell-edges of cardiomyocytes provides as a macromolecular infrastructure that integrates mechanical and electrical coupling within the heart. Pathophysiological disturbance in composition of this complex is well known to trigger cardi...

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Main Authors: Arnold Vreeker, Leonie van Stuijvenberg, Thomas J Hund, Peter J Mohler, Peter G J Nikkels, Toon A B van Veen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986238?pdf=render