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JCT | Junction | |
CJ | Commission Junction | |
BJT | Bipolar Junction Transistor | |
GJ | Gap Junction | |
WRJ | White River Junction, Vermont | |
JJ | Josephson Junction | |
JFET | Junction Field Effect Transistor | |
JFET | Junction Field Effect Transistor | |
JB | Junction Box | |
MTJ | Magnetic Tunnel Junction | |
RSJ | Resistively Shunted Junction | |
GJ | Grand Junction, Colorado | |
MSWJ | Midland and South Western Junction Railway | |
KJRY | Keokuk Junction Railway | |
JC | Junction City, Kansas | |
HJ | Holliday Junction | |
PUJ | PelviUreteric Junction | |
USJ | Ultra-Shallow Junction | |
NMJ | Neuro- Muscular Junction | |
DJ | Double Junction | |
MTJ | Mendocino Triple Junction | |
UPJ | Uretero-Pelvic Junction | |
DJ | Distribution Junction | |
CJ | Clapham Junction | |
LAJ | Los Angeles Junction Railway |
What does gap junction mean?
- Gap junction
- Gap junctions are specialized intercellular connections between a multitude of animal cell-types. They directly connect the cytoplasm of two cells, which allows various molecules, ions and electrical impulses to directly pass through a regulated gate between cells.One gap junction channel is composed of two protein hexamers (or hemichannels) called connexons in vertebrates and innexons in invertebrates. The hemichannel pair connect across the intercellular space bridging the gap between two cells. Gap junctions are analogous to the plasmodesmata that join plant cells.Gap junctions occur in virtually all tissues of the body, with the exception of adult fully developed skeletal muscle and mobile cell types such as sperm or erythrocytes. Gap junctions are not found in simpler organisms such as sponges and slime molds. A gap junction may also be called a nexus or macula communicans. While an ephapse has some similarities to a gap junction, by modern definition the two are different.
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