Vertebrate animal models unravel physiological roles for zonula occludens tight junction adaptor proteins

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1165, Issue , 2009, Pages 28-33

  Hunziker, Walter ^a   Kiener, Tania K ^a   Xu, Jianliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Enveloping layer; Knockout mouse; Osmoregulation; Permeability barrier; Tight junction; Zebrafish; Zonula occludens

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; PROTEIN ZO3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TIGHT JUNCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67249137862     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04033.x     Document Type: Article

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