Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 318-331 , March 2009

Intracellular pH regulation in heart

  • Richard D. Vaughan-Jones

      Affiliations

    • Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Kenneth W. Spitzer

      Affiliations

    • Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Pawel Swietach

      Affiliations

    • Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PT, UK

Received 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 11 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.10.024

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 318-331 , March 2009

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