Parallels in Cell to Cell Junctions in Plants and Animals

Structural and molecular diversity of gap junctions.- A structural analysis of the gap junctional channel and the 16K protein.- Molecular heterogeneity of gap junctions in different mammalian tissues.- Biochemical and structural properties of the protein constituent of junctional domains in eye lens fiber plasma membranes.- Junctional communication: The role of communication compartments in complex multicellular organisms.- Electrophysiological properties of gap junction channels.- Cardiac gap junctions: Gating properties of single channels.- Patterns of gap junctional permeability in developing insect tissues.- Gap junctional intercellular communication and carcinogenesis.- Progressive restrictions in gap junctional communication during development.- The neck region of plasmodesmata: General architecture and some functional aspects.- Immunological investigations of relatedness between plant and animal connexins.- Secondary formation of plasmodesmata in cultured cells - Structural and functional aspects.- Distribution of plasmodesmata in leaves. A comparison of Cananga odorata with other species using different measures of plasmodesmatal frequency.- Plasmodesmatal structure and function in nectarines.- Analytical studies of dye-coupling between plant cells.- Function and localisation of movement proteins of tobacco mosaic virus and red clover mottle virus.- Plasmodesmata-virus interaction.