Cysteine mutagenesis to study the structure of claudin-2 paracellular pores

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1165, Issue , 2009, Pages 143-147

  Angelow, Susanne ^a   Yu, Alan S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Claudin; Cysteine scanning; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 2; CYSTEINE; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARACELLULAR PORE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTED CYSTEINE ACCESIBILITY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 67249098565     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04038.x     Document Type: Article

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