gap junctions

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002743",
  "term": "gap junctions",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "intercellular junctions",
    "immunological synapse",
    "connexins",
    "innexins",
    "pannexins",
    "synapse"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "uniones comunicantes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/gap-junctions/"
}