Gap Junctions

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Gap Junctions is written by Rudolf Werner and published by IOS Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9051993749 (ISBN 10) and 9789051993745 (ISBN 13).

This monograph contains research articles from the leading laboratories around the world on gap junctions, the intercellular channels that allow communication between neighbouring cells. It describes the latest results in gap junctions research, the structural and functional characterization of cell-cell channels, the assembly and degradation of gap junctions, the expression and function of gap junctions in different tissues, knockout studies of gap junction genes, the regulation of connexin gene expression, and the functions of gap junctions in development and cancer. Any laboratory interested in intercellular communications and gap junction research will find this monograph an indispensable source of information and reference.