gap junctions - CISMeF

Preferred Label : gap junctions;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : junction, gap; gap junction; junctions, gap;

MeSH annotation : intercellular junctions; A 11 qualif except /cytol /transpl; /genet permitted;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap junction;

Details

Origin ID

D017629;

UMLS CUI

C0206117;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gap Junction Assembly Pathway [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Communicating cell junction [FMA entity]
- Gap Junction [NCIt concept]
- Gap junction (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gap junction [GO term]
- gap junction [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- GJD3 protein, human [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- INX-16 protein, C elegans [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- connexin 47 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- pannexin 1, rat [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- pannexin 2, rat [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- pannexin 3, rat [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- gap junctions [MeSH concept]
See also
- connexins [MeSH Descriptor]
- synapses [MeSH Descriptor]
- synaptic transmission [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Communicating cell junction [FMA entity]
- Gap Junction [NCIt concept]
- Gap junction (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gap junction [SNOMED Notion]
- gap junction [GO term]

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