Structural and signalling molecules come together at tight junctions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 628-633

  Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a   Furuse, Mikio ^a   Itoh, Masahiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

CELL ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0032842426     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00016-2     Document Type: Review

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