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 …

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 …

Database search has led to the identification of a family of proteins, the pannexins, which
share some structural features with the gap junction forming proteins of invertebrates and …

Astrocytes are capable of widespread intercellular communication via propagated increases
in intracellular Ca 2+ concentration. We have used patch clamp, dye flux, ATP assay, and …

Intercellular calcium (Ca2+) waves (ICWs) represent the propagation of increases in
intracellular Ca2+ through a syncytium of cells and appear to be a fundamental mechanism …

Gap junctions consist of intercellular channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells
directly and allow the exchange of small molecules. These channels are unique in that they …

Several new findings have emphasized the role of neuron‐specific gap junction proteins
(connexins) and electrical synapses in processing sensory information and in synchronizing …

Gap junctions are clusters of aqueous channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjoining
cells. Each cell contributes a hemichannel, or connexon, to each cell–cell channel. The cell …

Gap junctions consist of intercellular channels dedicated to providing a direct pathway for
ionic and biochemical communication between contacting cells. After an initial burst of …

Connexins (Cxs) form hemichannels and gap junction channels. Each gap junction channel
is composed of two hemichannels, also termed connexons, one from each of the coupled …