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The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells.

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Simon, SA; Zampighi, G; McIntosh, TJ; Costello, MJ; Ting-beall, HP; Robertson, JD
Published in: Biosci Rep
May 1982

Junctions which have been isolated from bovine lens may correspond to the tongue-and groove interdigitations observed between intact cells. These junctions have an overall thickness of 13-14 nm, a striking undulating surface topology, and contain protein subunits of congruent to 27 000 daltons which are arranged in a 6.6-6.7-nm square lattice in the plane of each membrane. A similar square-lattice structure has been observed in junctions from fragments of intact rate lens. Junctions from both sources are structurally different from "typical' gap junctions.

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Biosci Rep

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ISSN

0144-8463

Publication Date

May 1982

Volume

2

Issue

5

Start / End Page

333 / 341

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Lens, Crystalline
  • Intercellular Junctions
  • Freeze Fracturing
  • Cattle
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Animals
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
 

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Simon, S. A., Zampighi, G., McIntosh, T. J., Costello, M. J., Ting-beall, H. P., & Robertson, J. D. (1982). The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells. Biosci Rep, 2(5), 333–341. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115119
Simon, S. A., G. Zampighi, T. J. McIntosh, M. J. Costello, H. P. Ting-beall, and J. D. Robertson. “The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells.Biosci Rep 2, no. 5 (May 1982): 333–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115119.
Simon SA, Zampighi G, McIntosh TJ, Costello MJ, Ting-beall HP, Robertson JD. The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells. Biosci Rep. 1982 May;2(5):333–41.
Simon, S. A., et al. “The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells.Biosci Rep, vol. 2, no. 5, May 1982, pp. 333–41. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF01115119.
Simon SA, Zampighi G, McIntosh TJ, Costello MJ, Ting-beall HP, Robertson JD. The structure of junctions between lens fiber cells. Biosci Rep. 1982 May;2(5):333–341.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biosci Rep

DOI

ISSN

0144-8463

Publication Date

May 1982

Volume

2

Issue

5

Start / End Page

333 / 341

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Lens, Crystalline
  • Intercellular Junctions
  • Freeze Fracturing
  • Cattle
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Animals
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology