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Gap Junctions
Known as:
macula communicans
, Low-resistance Junction
, Communicating cell junction
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A cell-cell junction that is composed of an array of small channels that permit small molecules to pass from one cell to another. At gap junctions…
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18 relations
Cell surface
Connexins
Connexon
Electrical Synapses
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Broader (2)
Intercellular Junctions
intercellular connection
Narrower (1)
connexon complex location
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Intracellular transport, assembly, and degradation of wild-type and disease-linked mutant gap junction proteins.
J. Vanslyke
,
S. Deschênes
,
L. Musil
Molecular Biology of the Cell
2000
Corpus ID: 7882446
More than 130 different mutations in the gap junction integral plasma membrane protein connexin32 (Cx32) have been linked to the…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
pp60src -mediated Phosphorylation of Connexin 43, a Gap Junction Protein (*)
Lenora W. M. Loo
,
J. Berestecky
,
M. Kanemitsu
,
A. Lau
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1995
Corpus ID: 20732713
Several laboratories have demonstrated a decrease in gap junctional communication in cells transformed by the src oncogene of the…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Multiple connexins colocalize in canine ventricular myocyte gap junctions.
H. Kanter
,
J. G. Laing
,
E. Beyer
,
K. Green
,
J. Saffitz
Circulation Research
1993
Corpus ID: 27209766
We have recently shown that adult canine ventricular myocytes express three distinct gap junction channel proteins, connexin40…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Functional analysis of human cardiac gap junction channel mutants.
Glenn I. Fishman
,
Alonso P. Moreno
,
D. C. Spray
,
L. Leinwand
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1991
Corpus ID: 2908715
The connexins form a family of membrane spanning proteins that assemble into gap junction channels. The biophysical properties of…
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Review
1990
Review
1990
Chemical, oncogene and growth factor inhibition gap junctional intercellular communication: an integrative hypothesis of carcinogenesis.
J. Trosko
,
C. Chang
,
B. Madhukar
,
J. E. Klaunig
Pathobiology (Basel)
1990
Corpus ID: 46758339
Most, if not all, cancer cells have some dysfunction in gap-junction-mediated intercellular communication, either because of…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans induce gap junction synthesis and function in primary liver cultures
D. Spray
,
M. Fujita
,
+5 authors
L. Reid
Journal of Cell Biology
1987
Corpus ID: 1275722
Intercellular communication via gap junctions, as measured by dye and electrical coupling, disappears within 12 h in primary rat…
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Oocyte-follicle cell gap junctions in Xenopus laevis and the effects of gonadotropin on their permeability.
C. Browne
,
H. Wiley
,
J. Dumont
Science
1979
Corpus ID: 34789856
Junctions between Xenopus laevis oocytes and follicle cells have been identified as gap junctions by the passage of microinjected…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Characterization of intercellular junctions in the preimplantation mouse embryo by freeze-fracture and thin-section electron microscopy.
Terry Magnuson
,
A. Demsey
,
Christopher W. Stackpole
Developmental Biology
1977
Corpus ID: 19409412
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Organization of intramembrane particles in freeze-cleaved gap junctions of rat graafian rollicles: optical-diffraction analysis.
A. Amsterdam
,
R. Josephs
,
M. Lieberman
,
H. R. Lindner
Journal of Cell Science
1976
Corpus ID: 42427730
Gap junctions were identified in the membrana granulosa and cumulus oophorus, and between cells of the internal theca, of the…
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Review
1971
Review
1971
Comparative ultrastructure of cellular junctions in working myocardium and the conduction system under normal and pathologic conditions.
K. Kawamura
,
T. James
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
1971
Corpus ID: 26637184
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