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Term gap junction ID (Ontology) GO:0005921 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A cell-cell junction composed of pannexins or innexins and connexins, two different families of channel-forming proteins.[ ISBN:0815332181 PubMed:22366062 ]
Also Known As"communicating junction" ; "gap junction macula" ; "gap junction plaque" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Alleles (FBal)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Genes (FBgn)GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT
Genes (FBgn)GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION
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 gap junction (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
     gap junction | somatic clone
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     is_active_in | gap junction       --       --
     located_in | gap junction       --       --
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  anchoring junction
   |__cell-cell junction
       |__gap junction  11 rec.
           |__connexin complex
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  • "communicating junction" EXACT
    "electrical synapse" RELATED
    "electrotonic synapse" RELATED
    "gap junction macula" EXACT
    "gap junction plaque" EXACT
    "intercellular gap junction channel" RELATED
    "macula communicans" EXACT
    "zonula communicans" EXACT
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NIF_Subcellular:sao118541872
Wikipedia:Gap_junction