Gap junctions were first defined morphologically as specialized contacts between cells that
mediate the direct exchange of small molecules needed to coordinate behavior of …

Gap junction channels facilitate the intercellular exchange of ions and small molecules.
While this process is critical to all multicellular organisms, the proteins that form gap junction …

Cells of multicellular organisms need to communicate with each other and have evolved
various mechanisms for this purpose, the most direct and quickest of which is through …

Jean-Claude Hervé a,*, Pauline Phelan b, Roberto Bruzzone c, Thomas W. White da
Communications jonctionnelles, UMR CNRS 6187, Université de Poitiers, 40 av. du Recteur …

There has been some controversy as to whether vertebrate pannexins are related to
invertebrate innexins. Using statistical, topological and conserved sequence motif analyses …

Gap junctions belong to the most conserved cellular structures in multicellular organisms,
from Hydra to man. They contain tightly packed clusters of hydrophilic membrane channels …

Gap junctions are one of the most common forms of intercellular communication. They are
composed of membrane proteins that form a channel permeable for ions and small …

All multi-cellular animals, including hydra, insects and vertebrates, develop gap junctions,
which communicate directly with neighboring cells. Gap junctions consist of protein families …

Gap junctions are aggregates of intercellular channels that permit direct cell–cell transfer of
ions and small molecules. Initially described as low-resistance ion pathways joining …

Gap junctions are intercellular channels that link the cytoplasm of neighboring cells in
animals, enabling straight passage of ions and small molecules. Two different protein …