Two forms of isolated gap junctions |
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Authors: | G Zampighi P N Unwin |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy Duke University Durham, N.C., U.S.A.;Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH England |
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Abstract: | Gap junctions, containing regular hexagonal arrays of connexons, have been isolated from rat liver. The projected structures of these gap junctions have been studied to a resolution of 18 Å by electron microscopy of negatively stained samples. Two closely related forms of junction were produced that have different structures for the connexon, but the same hexagonal lattice constant. In one form the connexon is seen as a weakly contrasted annulus, which is broadest at the locations where other connexons come closest; in the other, the connexon is seen as a strongly contrasted annulus, which is broadest midway between the locations where other connexons come closest. The forms appear to reflect two configurations of the connexon subunits. |
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