title: [Current status of the gap junction problems and and views on their role in development].
abstract: This review presents published data on various aspects of gap junction functioning during development. The process of formation of these junctions and their structure, along with relationships between molecular characteristics of connexins and properties of gap junctions channels are considered in detail. Some newly discovered functions of gap junctions in early embryonic development, their participation in the formation of various cellular compartments and in coordinated behavior are discussed; their relationship with other types of cell interactions is also reviewed. Promising problems for further research are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Problem of Information Transmission, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Bozhkova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Rozanova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology; D017630:Connexins / Q000235:genetics; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D005810:Multigene Family; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins
vernacular_title: Sovremennoe sostoianie problemy shchelevykh kontaktov i predstavlenie ob ikh roli v razvitii.