Gap junction

The epithelial cells are connected with tight junctions, where the membranes of the adjacent cells come into close contact. Desmosomes also help to keep membranes together, while the gap junctions on the contrary build "holes" in the membrane which enable fast diffusion of even large molecules from cell to cell.

 

 

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