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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Fourier averages of connexon images computed from low-irradiation electron micrographs of isolated negatively stained gap junction domains exhibited differences in stain distribution and connexon orientation. To analyze these polymorphic structures, correlation averaging methods were applied to images from negatively stained and frozen-hydrated specimens. For the negatively stained specimens, separate averages over two subsets of connexons with differing degrees of stain accumulation in the axial channel were obtained. Two populations of connexons with opposite skew orientations were distinguishable within a single junctional domain of a frozen-hydrated specimen. Correlation maps calculated using the left- and right-skewed references showed that the selected connexons tend to locally cluster. Using correlation methods to analyze packing disorder in a typical connexon lattice, we estimated the root-mean-square variation in the nearest neighbor pair separation to be approximately 11% of the lattice constant. Displacements of the connexons relative to each other increased with increasing pair separation in the lattice, rather like a liquid, although long-range orientation order was conserved as in a crystal. These results support the hypothesis that the hexagonal ordering of the connexons results from short-range repulsive forces.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1213-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation analysis of gap junction lattice images.
pubmed:affiliation
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't