Occludin is a functional component of the tight junction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2287-2298

  McCarthy, Karin M ^a   Skare, Ilze B ^b   Stankewich, Michael C ^b   Furuse, Mikio ^c   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^c   Rogers, Rick A ^d   Lynch, Robert D ^a,b   Schneeberger, Eveline E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

IPTG inducible expression; Mannitol flux; Occludin; Tight junction; Transepithelial electrical resistance; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MANNITOL; OCCLUDIN; THIOGLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTOSE OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHICKENS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MANNITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029791628     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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