The connexin family of genes codes for proteins that oligomerize into a connexon of six
subunits to form one half of the gap junction channel. Gap junctions are plasma membrane …

Connexins (Cx), the protein units of gap junctions, play important roles in lens development
and homeostasis. Here, we report the mRNA expression patterns of zebrafish Cx48. 5 …

Gap junctions are composed of connexin (Cx) proteins and mediate intercellular
communication required for many developmental and physiological processes. Here we …

The vertebrate connexin gene family encodes protein subunits of gap junction channels,
which provide a route for direct intercellular communication. Consequently, gap junctions …

Retinal neurons of virtually every type are coupled by gap‐junctional channels whose
pharmacological and gating properties have been studied extensively. We have begun to …

purpose. To determine the roles of intercellular communication in embryonic eye growth and
development, mice with a targeted deletion of the Cx43 gene were examined, and mice …

The avian lens is an ideal system to study gap junctional intercellular communication in
development and homeostasis. The lens is experimentally more accessible in the …

We have cloned cDNAs for two closely related connexins (Cx), Cx35 and Cx34. 7, from a
perch retinal cDNA library. Sequencing of PCR products from genomic DNA revealed that …

purpose. The lens plasma membranes of several mammalian species have been shown to
contain three different connexin proteins. The goal of this study was to clone the sheep …

Lens epithelial cells are physiologically coupled to each other and to the lens fibers by an
extensive network of intercellular gap junctions. In the rat, the epithelial-epithelial junctions …