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What are gap junctions?

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are formed by a ringlike connexon which consist of six transmembrane proteins are arranged somewhat like the segment of an orange

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Allow for conduction of action potentials.Example: On walls of intestine, gap junctions allow the cells to contract as a single unit.

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