Molecular analyses of tight junction physiology: Insights and paradoxes

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-167

  Yap, A S ^a   Mullin, J M ^b   Stevenson, B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICKEN; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032102036     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900380     Document Type: Review

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