Download Gap Junctions Desmosomes Background. They directly connect the cytoplasm of two cells, which allows various molecules, ions and electrical impulses to directly pass through a regulated gate between cells. Gap junctions finally, the need for signaling is a function of gap junctions that form pores connecting adjacent cells.
When found in nerves they are also referred to as an electrical synapse. This structure gives strength to tissues. Tight junctions, gap junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomes and hemidesmosomes.
While an ephapse has some similarities to a gap junction, by modern definition these two entities are different.
Desmosomes and gap junctions are found in. Gap junctions and tight junctions have specialized protein channels called connexons; Tight junctions, gap junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomes and hemidesmosomes. A gap junction may also be called a nexus or macula communicans.