Term Name: gap junction
Synonyms: communicating junction, electrical synapse, gap junction macula, gap junction plaque, intercellular gap junction channel, macula communicans, zonula communicans
Definition: A cell-cell junction composed of pannexins or innexins and connexins, two different families of channel-forming proteins.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005921]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: connexin complex
is a type of: cell-cell junction