Setting up a selective barrier at the apical junction complex

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-145

  Anderson, James Melvin ^a   Van Itallie, Christina M ^b   Fanning, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adherens junction; AJ; tight junction; TJ

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CLAUDIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRB3; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN MAGI; PROTEIN MUPP1; PROTEIN P120; PROTEIN PALS1; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; PROTEIN ZO3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942615071     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.01.005     Document Type: Review

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