Ca2+-independent cell-adhesion activity of claudins, a family of integral membrane proteins localized at tight junctions

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1035-1038

  Kubota, Koji ^a   Furuse, Mikio ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sonoda, Noriyuki ^a   Fujita, Kohji ^a,c   Nagafuchi, Akira ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Research Park ^*  (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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EID: 0033598188     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80452-7     Document Type: Article

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