A gap junction protein encoded by the Gap Junction Beta 2 or GJB2 gene. In the cochlea and epidermis, its hexamers form channels between cells that open to allow cell-to-cell diffusion of small molecules as well as recycling of potassium. Mutations in Connexin 26 are associated with congenital SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS.

DUI

D000072259 MeSH Prohlížeč

CUI

M0220781

Historická pozn.

2017 (1993)

Veřejná pozn.

2017; CONNEXIN 26 was indexed under CONNEXINS 1993-2016