11 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Hemi-channel (connexon)
Hemi-channel (connexon)
Half of a gap junction. Being embedded in the membrane of each of the cells and composed of six molecules of the integral protein connexin, the hemi-channel allows communication between the cytoplasm of adjacent cells.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Biology
- Category: Biochemistry; Molecular biology
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Musical equipment Category: Percussion instruments
Chocalho
Chocalho is a large powerful shaker made of wood or metal with a number of steel jingles, used mainly by samba bands (baterias).
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Algorithms & data structures(1125)
- Cryptography(11)
Computer science(1136) Terms
- Investment banking(1768)
- Personal banking(1136)
- General banking(390)
- Mergers & acquisitions(316)
- Mortgage(171)
- Initial public offering(137)
Banking(4013) Terms
- Marketing communications(549)
- Online advertising(216)
- Billboard advertising(152)
- Television advertising(72)
- Radio advertising(57)
- New media advertising(40)
Advertising(1107) Terms
- Muscular(158)
- Brain(145)
- Human body(144)
- Developmental anatomy(72)
- Nervous system(57)
- Arteries(53)
Anatomy(873) Terms
- Fuel cell(402)
- Capacitors(290)
- Motors(278)
- Generators(192)
- Circuit breakers(147)
- Power supplies(77)