Tight junctions

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Balda, Maria S ^a   Matter, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Differentiation; Paracellular permeability; Zonula occludens

Indexed keywords

BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DIFFUSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031952083     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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