Gap junctions in thyroid epithelium of the rat.
Gap junctions were observed on the lateral plasma membrane of the typical thyroid epithelial cell in freeze-fracture preparations of rat thyroid gland. The gap junctions were 0.1 to 0.4 mum in diameter and were composed of closely packed, approximately 80 nm particles. They were located from 1 to 6 mum from the apical surface of the cell.
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007365:Intercellular Junctions; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000648:ultrastructure*