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Descriptor English: Gap Junctions
Descriptor Spanish: Uniones Comunicantes
Descriptor uniones comunicantes
Entry term(s) uniones gap
unión comunicante
unión discontinua
Scope note: Conexiones entre las células que permiten el paso de pequeñas moléculas y la corriente eléctrica. Inicialmente, las uniones comunicantes se describieron anatómicamente como regiones de yuxtaposición estrecha entre células, con un espacio de separación entre las membranas celulares reducido (1-2 nm). La diversidad de propiedades de las uniones comunicantes se refleja en el número de CONEXINAS, la familia de proteínas que forman las uniones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Junções Comunicantes
Descriptor French: Jonctions communicantes
Entry term(s): Gap Junction
Junction, Gap
Junctions, Gap
Tree number(s): A11.284.149.165.420.471
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017629
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Intercellular Junctions (1971-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Related: Connexins MeSH
DeCS ID: 31452
Unique ID: D017629
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/08/06
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Gap Junctions - Preferred
Concept UI M0026695
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Gap Junctions
Entry term(s) Gap Junction
Junction, Gap
Junctions, Gap



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