An imaging method termed LAMP, based on a newly described photo-activatable fluorophore, promises to illuminate how gap junctions mediate intercellular coupling.
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Spray, D. Illuminating gap junctions. Nat Methods 2, 12–14 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0105-12
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