The α3 Isoform Protein of the Na+,K+-ATPase Is Associated With the Sites of Cardiac and Neuromuscular Impulse Transmission
Zahler R, Sun W, Ardito T, Zhang Z, Kocsis J, Kashgarian M. The α3 Isoform Protein of the Na+,K+-ATPase Is Associated With the Sites of Cardiac and Neuromuscular Impulse Transmission. Circulation Research 1996, 78: 870-879. PMID: 8620608, DOI: 10.1161/01.res.78.5.870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuromuscular junctionConduction systemImpulse transmissionIsoform-specific antibodiesSkeletal muscle expressesSkeletal musclePresynaptic motor terminalsCardiac conduction systemHeart conduction systemAlpha subunitAxonal processesRat heartCardiac myocytesIsoform mRNAsMuscleClassic morphologyJunctional complexesImmunoreactive proteinPump isoformsAntibodiesIsoform proteinsHeartPump proteinImmunohistochemistryIsoforms