Gap junctions and connexin expression in the mouse inner ear
Gap junctions are sites of direct communication between adjacent cells where clusters of channels in the membrane of one cell contact clusters of channels in the membrane of the neighbouring cell. Six constituent proteins, known as connexins (Cx), make up each hemi-channel. The channels allow the pa...
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University College London (University of London)
2004
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411676 |