| Term: | horizontal cell connexin complex |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | horizontal cell |
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| Synonyms: | horizontal cells |
| Definition: | A neuron that laterally connects other neurons in the inner nuclear layer of the retina. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009315] |
| Name: | connexin complex |
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| Synonyms: | connexon, connexon complex |
| Definition: | An assembly of six molecules of connexin, made in the Golgi apparatus and subsequently transported to the plasma membrane, where docking of two connexons on apposed plasma membranes across the extracellular space forms a gap junction. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005922] QuickGO AmiGO |