EpCAM contributes to formation of functional tight junction in the intestinal epithelium by recruiting claudin proteins

Developmental Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-145

  Lei, Zili ^a,b   Maeda, Takako ^a,b   Tamura, Atsushi ^c   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yuji ^c   Shiratori, Hidetaka ^a,b   Yashiro, Kenta ^a,b   Tsukita, Sachiko ^c   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Claudin; Epithelial barrier; Intestine; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 15; CLAUDIN 2; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 7; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENTEROPATHY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE EROSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84867142054     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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