The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 69, 495-501, Copyright © 1976 by The Rockefeller University Press
Reflexive gap junctions. Gap junctions between processing arising from the same ovarian decidual cell
JC Herr
Ajacent processes on ovarian decidual cells were shown by electron
microscopy to form gap junctions with one another. Micrographs of tissues
preserved with lanthanum included in the fixative confirm the hexagonal
array and 2-4 nm gap which characterize gap junctions. It is suggested that
these gap junctions may play a role in the process of merocrine secretion
from the peduncular processes of ovarian decidual cells. The term reflexive
gap junction is introduced to describe gap junctions between adjacent
processes from the same cell.