Gap junction
The major molecular components of the gap junction.
This is a drawing of the major molecular components of the gap junction. The hydrophilic channel, connexon, and connexin monomer gap junctions are depicted as tubes connecting two plasma membranes. The tubes have a camera-shutter type of aperture on each end that open and close.
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