English Explanatory Dictionary

connexon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An assembly of six connexins forming a bridge called a gap junction between the cytoplasms of two adjacent cells.

Word forms

connexon connexons

Etymology

From Latin connexus (“connected”) + -on.

Related words

hemichannel
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