Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin fragment removes specific claudins from tight junction strands: Evidence for direct involvement of claudins in tight junction barrier

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 195-204

  Sonoda, Noriyuki ^a   Furuse, Mikio ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^c,d   Yonemura, Shigenobu ^a   Katahira, Jun ^b   Horiguchi, Yasuhiko ^b   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Research Park ^*  (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Claudin; Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin; Epithelial barrier; Freezefracture; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; ENTEROTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENTEROTOXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033523773     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.1.195     Document Type: Article

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