Multifunctional strands in tight junctions

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-293

  Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a   Furuse, Mikio ^a   Itoh, Masahiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0035320037     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35067088     Document Type: Review

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