"Gap Junctions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Connections between cells which allow passage of small molecules and electric current. Gap junctions were first described anatomically as regions of close apposition between cells with a narrow (1-2 nm) gap between cell membranes. The variety in the properties of gap junctions is reflected in the number of CONNEXINS, the family of proteins which form the junctions.
| Descriptor ID |
D017629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.149.165.420.471
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| Concept/Terms |
Gap Junctions- Gap Junctions
- Gap Junction
- Junction, Gap
- Junctions, Gap
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gap Junctions" by people in Profiles.
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The Connexin40A96S mutation from a patient with atrial fibrillation causes decreased atrial conduction velocities and sustained episodes of induced atrial fibrillation in mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2013 Dec; 65:19-32.
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Global gene expression analysis reveals specific patterns of cell junctions in non-small cell lung cancer subtypes. Lung Cancer. 2009 Jan; 63(1):32-8.
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