Molecular architecture of tight junctions

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 60, Issue , 1998, Pages 121-142

  Mitic, L L ^a   Anderson, J M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Adherens junction; Occludin; ZO 1; ZO 2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GUANYLATE KINASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031944250     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.121     Document Type: Review

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