Gap junctions use protein complexes known as connexons to connect one cell to another. The proteins are called connexins. Gap junction proteins include the more ... Structure · Occurrence and distribution · Functions

Six hexagonally arranged connexins are associated with each of the adjacent cell plasma membranes that the gap junction spans. Each set of six connexins is ...

Gap junction channels and hemichannels formed of connexin subunits are found in most cell types in vertebrates. Gap junctions connect cells via channels not ...

Gap junction proteins are specific connexins in the membrane of neighboring cells, responsible for exchanges of electric and chemical signals between cells ( ...

Gap junctions (Gj) form conduits between adjacent cells that are composed of connexin (Cx) protein subunits and allow direct intercellular communication.

1 авг. 2019 г. · Vertebrate gap junctions are composed of transmembrane proteins called connexins (CX), and six connexins form a hemichannel called a connexon.

12 мар. 2009 г. · Gap junctions are clusters of channels that join two cells together and consist of building blocks of two connexons or hemichannels, one ...

30 нояб. 2023 г. · Connexins is the family of proteins which in vertebrates form gap junctions – intercellular contacts allowing the passage of small molecules ...

Gap junctions form channels between adjacent cells. The core proteins of these channels are the connexins. Regulation of gap junction communication (GJC) can be ...