gap junction

cell-cell junction comprised of innexins or connexins, two different families of channel-forming proteins. Other proteins may also be present.
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gap junction

Summary

gap junction is a cellular component[1]. It draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #58 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • gap junction's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • gap junction's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh90002710[4].
  • gap junction's subclass of is recorded as cell-cell junction[5].
  • gap junction's Commons category is recorded as Gap junctions[6].
  • gap junction's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D017629[7].
  • gap junction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xn45[8].
  • gap junction's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.149.165.420.471[9].
  • gap junction's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0005921[10].
  • gap junction's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 67423[11].
  • gap junction's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/gap-junction[12].
  • gap junction's Terminologia Histologica is recorded as H1.00.01.1.02024[13].
  • gap junction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pv14bzh[14].
  • gap junction's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005921[15].
  • gap junction's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0206117[16].
  • gap junction's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as gap-junctions[17].
  • gap junction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 158157758[18].
  • gap junction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910401398[19].
  • gap junction's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007556287605171[20].
  • gap junction's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C158157758[21].
  • gap junction's Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy ID is recorded as gap-junctions[22].
  • gap junction's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/afe4265c-ef5f-4af3-93de-bd42df5d288f[23].

Why It Matters

gap junction draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #58 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gap-junction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gap junction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gap-junction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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