Abstract:Innexins facilitate cell-cell communication by forming gap junctions or non-junctional hemichannels, which play important roles in metabolic, chemical, ionic, and electrical coupling. The lack of knowledge regarding the evolution and role of these channels in ctenophores (comb jellies), the likely sister group to the rest of animals, represents a substantial gap in our understanding of the evolution of intercellular communication in animals. Here we identify and phylogenetically characterize the complete set o… Show more
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