Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1031-1032 , June 2010

Cardiac spectrins: Alternative splicing encodes functional diversity

  • Thomas J. Hund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Peter J. Mohler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 285 Newton Road, CBRB 2283, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Tel.: +319 335 9691.

Received 20 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.02.002

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1031-1032 , June 2010

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