The molecular structure of the tight junction

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-264

  Lapierre, Lynne A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Claudin; MAGUK; Occludin; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0034733884     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(00)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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