SPEG (Striated Muscle Preferentially Expressed Protein Kinase) Is Essential for Cardiac Function by Regulating

Ann P Quick1, Qiongling Wang1, Leonne E Philippen1

  • 1From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (A.P.Q., Q.W., L.E.P., G.B.-T., J.O.R., H.M.C., J.S., X.H.T.W), Cardiovascular Research Institute (A.P.Q., Q.W., L.E.P., G.B.-T., D.Y.C., D.B., G.W., J.O.R., H.M.C., J.S., M.D.M., X.H.T.W), Medical Scientist Training Program (D.Y.C., D.B., H.M.C.), Department of Medicine (Cardiology) (M.D.M., X.H.T.W), and Pediatrics (X.H.T.W.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Accelerated BS/MD Program, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, TX (M.K.); and Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (A.S.).

Circulation Research
|October 13, 2016
PubMed
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