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HETEROTAXY [2 records]

Record 1 2010-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

[Connexin] provides elements of gap junctions. Connexins are built of six polypeptides. All connexins have four membrane-spanning domains, two extracellular loops, a cytoplasmic loop, and cytoplasmic amino and carboxyl termini.

OBS

Connexins may form connexons, the pore of gap junctions. Connexins may have a role in heart diseases, infertility, cataracts, deafness, heterotaxy, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Protéine des membranes cellulaires qui forme des pores entre deux cellules voisines.

OBS

Six connexines groupées en hexagone adhèrent à six autres connexines de la cellule voisine, ménageant un canal de communication intercellulaire, le connexon.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

... taxonomic similarity between stratigraphic or fossil sequences in separate regions, or the condition of strata characterized by similar fossils occupying corresponding positions in different vertical sequences, without connotation of similarity of age.

OBS

homotaxis: An erroneous transliteration of homotaxy.

OBS

As opposed to "heterotaxy. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[...] Huxley (1862) a proposé le terme d'«homotaxie» pour désigner la similitude de telles suites en insistant sur le fait que des formes homotaxiques ne sont pas nécessairement contemporaines.

Spanish

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