Narrow gap junction

Japanese: 狭間隙結合 - きょうかんげきけつごう
Narrow gap junction

… Ultrastructural analysis of cell-cell adhesion using electron microscopy has revealed that there are special structures or cell membrane parts involved in cell adhesion. These include desmosomes, tight junctions, zonula adherens (or intermediate junctions), and gap junctions. In epithelial cells, tight junctions, zonula adherens, and desmosomes are often arranged in sequence from the free surface of the epithelium toward the inside, forming a structure called a junctional complex. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "narrow gap junction" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 細胞間接着を電子顕微鏡を用いて微細構造レベルで解析した結果,細胞接着のための特別な構造,または細胞膜の部分のあることが知られている。接着斑(デスモソームdesmosome),密着結合tight junction,接着帯zonula adherens(または中間結合),狭間隙(きようかんげき)結合gap junction(ギャップ結合)などがそれである。上皮細胞ではしばしば,密着結合,接着帯,接着斑が上皮の自由表面から内側に向かって順に並び,結合複合体と呼ばれる構造を形成する。…

※「狭間隙結合」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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