The tight junction: A multifunctional complex

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 6 55-6, 2004, Pages

  Schneeberger, Eveline E ^a   Lynch, Robert D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Regulation; Tight junction structure

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CLAUDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 2442619064     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00558.2003     Document Type: Review

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