The connexin family of channel-forming proteins is present in every tissue type in the human
anatomy. Connexins are best known for forming clustered intercellular channels, structurally …

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 …

Sáez, Juan C., Viviana M. Berthoud, María C. Brañes, Agustín D. Martínez, and Eric C.
Beyer. Plasma Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins: Their Regulation and Functions …

Evaluation of the human genome suggests that all members of the connexin family of gap-
junction proteins have now been successfully identified. This large and diverse family of …

The intercalated disc (ID) is a highly specialized structure that connects cardiomyocytes via
mechanical and electrical junctions. Although described in some detail by light microscopy …

Connexins are chordate gap junction channel proteins that, by enabling direct
communication between the cytosols of adjacent cells, create a unique cell signalling …

Connexins are a family of transmembrane proteins that play a key role in cardiac physiology.
Gap junctional channels put into contact the cytoplasms of connected cardiomyocytes …

Gap junctions are plasma membrane spatial microdomains constructed of assemblies of
channel proteins called connexins in vertebrates and innexins in invertebrates. The …

Vertebrate gap junctions, composed of proteins from the connexin gene family, play critical
roles in embryonic development, co-ordinated contraction of excitable cells, tissue …

Radial glia, the neuronal stem cells of the embryonic cerebral cortex, reside deep within the
developing brain and extend radial fibres to the pial surface, along which embryonic …