Symplekin, a novel type of tight junction plaque protein

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1003-1018

  Keon, Brigitte H ^a   Schäfer, Stephan ^a   Kuhn, Caecilia ^a   Grund, Christine ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0029840160     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.4.1003     Document Type: Article

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