Gap junctions in animal cells permit: Adjacent cells to adhere strongly to each other  Adjacent cells to communicate.  Adjacent cells to form a water-tight (occlusive) barrier between their membranes.  Second messengers produced in one cell to rapidly diffuse into and stimulate events in surrounding cells.  The rapid exchange of proteins such as histones between adjacent cells

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Q: Which of the following cellular behaviors does not directly depend on the cell membrane? A Cell-cell…

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Q: Which of the following statements related to intercellular junctions is false? O Cadherins are…

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Q: Which of the following types of molecules can diffuse across a plasma membrane? Choose all that…

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Q: What are the relative concentrations, inside and outside, of Na+ and K+ in typical (alive)…

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