Meanings
adjectiveheterocellular (not comparable)
- not comparableComposed of different types of cells.
Since MEGJs could be demonstrated in both the CPA and RFA using serial section electron microscopy, we suggest that the conductance of these heterocellular gap junction channels can be modulated by environmental and/or experimental conditions.
2003, Shaun L. Sandow, “Expression of homocellular and heterocellular gap junctions in hamster arterioles and feed arteries”, in Cardiovascular Research, volume 60, number 3, pages 643–653
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