… Gap junction plaques. Atomic force microscope image of the extracellular surface of an
isolated rat hepatic gap junction in phosphate buffered saline. Image size is 170 nm × 170 nm, …

… Pathogenesis mainly occurs in the cochlea, where gap junctions form extensive … gap junction
systems, the epithelial cell gap junction system and the connective tissue cell gap junction …

… Recently, another group of putative gap junction proteins … (Panx1) has been shown to form
gap junction channels in vitro (27)… identified as bona fide gap junction proteins in the lens, and …

… The discovery of the gap junction structure, its functions and the family of the “connexin” …
of neighboring cells to form gap junctions. Gap junctions appeared in the early evolution of the …

… These channels are densely packed into plasma-membrane spatial microdomains termed
“gap junctions… Communicating junctions play crucial roles in the maintenance of homeostasis, …

Gap junctions are aggregates of intercellular channels … ), gap junctions are found joining
virtually all cells in solid tissues. Their long evolutionary history has permitted adaptation of gap-…

… Electrical synapses are the functional correlate of gap junctions and allow transmission of
small … In the thalamocortical system, gap junctions couple inhibitory neurons that are similar in …

… With so many different gap junction channel subunit isoforms … of gap junctions, their
structural composition, and their degradation have to be regulated precisely for gap junctions to …

… a critical role in tissue homeostasis. Association of congenital skin … of gap junctional
communication in the skin and its appendages. Here, we discuss the basic structure of gap junction …

… New insights into the regulation of gap junctions and intercellular communication have …
gap junction proteins and the use of those clones to develop specific probes for gap junction …