Search Ontology:
GO: Cellular Component

gap junction

Term ID
GO:0005921
Synonyms
  • communicating junction
  • electrical synapse
  • gap junction macula
  • gap junction plaque
  • intercellular gap junction channel
  • macula communicans
  • zonula communicans
Definition
A cell-cell junction composed of pannexins or innexins and connexins, two different families of channel-forming proteins. (3)
References
Ontology
GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
has parts
is a type of
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes
Citations
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