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Connexin vs Connexon - What's the difference?

connexin | connexon |

As nouns the difference between connexin and connexon

is that connexin is any of a class of transmembrane proteins that form assembled structures in vertebrates while connexon is an assembly of six connexins forming a bridge called a gap junction between the cytoplasms of two adjacent cells.

connexin

English

Noun

(wikipedia connexin) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that form assembled structures in vertebrates

    • connexon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia connexon)
  • (biochemistry) An assembly of six connexins forming a bridge called a gap junction between the cytoplasms of two adjacent cells.

    • See also

    * hemichannel