Over 35 years ago the cell biology community was introduced to connexins as the subunit
employed to assemble semicrystalline clusters of intercellular channels that had been well …

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 …

Connexins are ubiquitous channel forming proteins that assemble as plasma membrane
hemichannels and as intercellular gap junction channels that directly connect cells. In the …

Communication plays an important role in the rapid progress of modern society. We live in
an age when information is transmitted through many different pathways and in many …

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 …

This article focuses on the regional heterogeneity of the mammalian sinoatrial (SA) node in
terms of cell morphology, pacemaker activity, action potential configuration and conduction …

Adjacent cells share ions, second messengers and small metabotes through intercellular
channels which are present in gap junctions. This type of intercellular communication …

Ion channels are membrane proteins that act as gated pathways for the movement of ions
across cell membranes. They play essential roles in the physiology of all cells. In recent …

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 …