Open AccessGap junctions – from cell to molecule
Author(s) -
Bruce J. Nicholson
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of cell science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.384
H-Index - 278
eISSN - 1477-9137
pISSN - 0021-9533
DOI - 10.1242/jcs.00821
Subject(s) - biology , gap junction , microbiology and biotechnology , cell , biophysics , genetics , intracellular
Gap junctions were first defined morphologically as specialized contacts between cells that mediate the direct exchange of small molecules needed to coordinate behavior of multicellular systems. As a functional entity, they have evolved independently three times, if one includes plasmodesmata in
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