Gap junctions are clusters of intercellular channels that provide cells, in all metazoan
organisms, with a means of communicating directly with their neighbours. Surprisingly, two …

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 …

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 …

Members of the innexin protein family are structural components of invertebrate gap
junctions and are analogous to vertebrate connexins. Here we investigate two Drosophila …

Invertebrate gap junctions are composed of proteins called innexins and eight innexin
encoding loci have been identified in the now complete genome sequence of …

Innexins are functionally analogous to the vertebrate connexins, and the innexin family of
gap junction proteins has been identified in many invertebrates, including Drosophila and C …

Innexins comprise a large family of genes that are believed to encode invertebrate gap
junction channel-forming proteins. However, only two Drosophila innexins have been …

Direct communication of neighboring cells by gap junction channels is essential for the
development of tissues and organs in the body. Whereas vertebrate gap junctions are …

Gap junctions are cell junctions found between most cells and tissues. They contain
membrane channels that mediate the cell‐to‐cell diffusion of ions, metabolites, and small …

The innexin family of gap junction proteins has 25 members in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Here, we describe the first high‐resolution expression map of all members through analysis …