Pores in the wall: Claudins constitute tight junction strands containing aqueous pores

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-16

  Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a,b   Furuse, Mikio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALNEXIN;

CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; DATA ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034599992     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.1.13     Document Type: Short Survey

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