Gap junctions are essential to the function of multicellular animals, which require a high
degree of coordination between cells. In vertebrates, gap junctions comprise connexins and …

Hyperactivation is a movement pattern observed in spermatozoa at the site and time of
fertilization in mammals. It may be critical to the success of fertilization, because it enhances …

The use of organofluorine compounds has increased throughout this century, and they are
now ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Although generally viewed as recalcitrant …

Histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase are enzymes responsible for histone
acetylation and deacetylation, respectively, in which the histones are acetylated and …

Wound healing is a complex biological process that requires cellular interactions between a
variety of cells, including fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells …

The recent search for new anti-cancer drugs focuses more on natural compounds from the
regular human diet because these compounds rarely exhibit severe side-effects yet …

Summry—Gap junctions are widely expressed in the various cell types of the central
nervous system. These specialized membrane intercellular junctions provide the …

Gap junctions are membrane structures made of intercellular channels which permit the
diffusion from cytoplasm to cytoplasm of small hydrophilic molecules. Nearly 40 years ago …

Antitumor suicide gene therapy is one of the emerging strategies against cancer. It consists
of the introduction into cancer cells of a gene capable of converting a nontoxic prodrug into a …

Gap junctions are unique intercellular channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells.
They are the only channels that mediate the direct cytoplasmic exchange of small …