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connexon
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connexon [kə′nek‚sän]
(cell and molecular biology)
Any of the cylindrical channels associated with gap junctions.
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In the current edition, Ganong (physiology, University of California) expands coverage of food intake, mitochondria and molecular motors, melanopsin, pheromones, von Willebrand factor, and the complexity of connexons, while sections on renal function and estrogen receptors have been updated.
Review of Medical Physiology, 22d ed by SciTech Book News
Small intracellular pores in endothelial cells may also open in the presence of 5-HT Cx43 is a major connexin found in endothelial cells and is found in connexons, transmembrane gap junctions that allow the diffusion of small molecules between cells.
Senior Division 1999 by Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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