Occludin and the functions of tight junctions

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 117-146

  Matter, Karl ^a   Balda, Maria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epithelial polarity; Occludin; Paracellular permeability; Phosphorylation; Tight junctions; ZO 1; Zonula occludens

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; OCCLUDIN;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031727426     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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