Occludin confers adhesiveness when expressed in fibroblasts

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1113-1121

  Van Itallie, Christina M ^a   Anderson, James Melvin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercellular junction; L cell fibroblast; MDCK cell; NRK; Occludin; Rat 1; Tight junction; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SURFACE; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DOGS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RATS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030983484     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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