Biol. Bull. Sign up for etocs!
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Biol Bull 167: 120-123. (August 1984)
© 1984 Marine Biological Laboratory
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by MACKIE, G. O.
Right arrow Articles by SINGLA, C. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by MACKIE, G. O.
Right arrow Articles by SINGLA, C. L.

APPARENT ABSENCE OF GAP JUNCTIONS IN TWO CLASSES OF CNIDARIA

G. O. MACKIE 1, P. A. V. ANDERSON 2, and C. L. SINGLA 1

1 Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2
2 C. V. Whitney Laboratory and Department of Physiology, University of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida 32086

Study of the literature and new observations by electron microscopy suggest that gap junctions are absent in the anthozoa and scyphozoa, but present in the hydrozoa. While this may help to explain the marked electrophysiological differences known to exist between the hydrozoa and the other two groups, it raises questions about how intercellular metabolic communication is achieved in the groups lacking gap junctions.

Submitted on May 30, 1984
Accepted on June 5, 1984




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Biol. Bull.Home page
C. R. Magie and M. Q. Martindale
Cell-Cell Adhesion in the Cnidaria: Insights Into the Evolution of Tissue Morphogenesis
Biol. Bull., June 1, 2008; 214(3): 218 - 232.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1984 by the Marine Biological Laboratory.