Identification and Functional Characterization of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells in Zebrafish

Federico Tessadori; Jan Hendrik van Weerd; Silja B. Burkhard; Arie O. Verkerk; Emma de Pater; Bastiaan J. Boukens; Aryan Vink; Vincent M. Christoffels; Jeroen Bakkers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047644

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Identification and Functional Characterization of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells in Zebrafish

Federico Tessadori,

Affiliation Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Jan Hendrik van Weerd ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Hendrik van Weerd, Silja B. Burkhard

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Silja B. Burkhard ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Hendrik van Weerd, Silja B. Burkhard

Affiliation Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Arie O. Verkerk,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Emma de Pater,

Affiliation Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Bastiaan J. Boukens,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aryan Vink,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Vincent M. Christoffels ,

* E-mail: V.M.Christoffels@amc.uva.nl (VMC); j.bakkers@hubrecht.eu (JB)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jeroen Bakkers

* E-mail: V.M.Christoffels@amc.uva.nl (VMC); j.bakkers@hubrecht.eu (JB)

Affiliations Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Identification and Functional Characterization of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells in Zebrafish

Federico Tessadori,
Jan Hendrik van Weerd,
Silja B. Burkhard,
Arie O. Verkerk,
Emma de Pater,
Bastiaan J. Boukens,
Aryan Vink,
Vincent M. Christoffels,
Jeroen Bakkers

Published: October 16, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047644

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