Manner of interaction of heterogeneous claudin species within and between tight junction strands

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 891-903

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAN Research Institute Inc ^*  (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Claudin; Freeze fracture; Strand; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROBLAST; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE FRACTURING; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033571047     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.4.891     Document Type: Article

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