Reflexive gap junctions. Gap junctions between processing arising from the same ovarian decidual cell.
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Reflexive gap junctions. Gap junctions between processing arising from the same ovarian decidual cell
Ajacent processes on ovarian decidual cells were shown by electron microscopy to form gap junctions with one another. Micrographs of tissues preserved with lanthanum included in the fixative confirm the hexagonal array and 2-4 nm gap which characterize gap junctions. It is suggested that these gap junctions may play a role in the process of merocrine secretion from the peduncular processes of o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.69.2.495