A single gene product, claudin-1 or -2, reconstitutes tight junction strands and recruits occludin in fibroblasts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 391-401

  Furuse, Mikio ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^b,c   Fujimoto, Kazushi ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kan Research Institute Inc ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Claudin 1; Claudin 2; Fibroblast; Occludin; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL POLARITY; DIFFUSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032547833     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.391     Document Type: Article

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