Tight junctions: From simple barriers to multifunctional molecular gates

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 564-580

  Zihni, Ceniz ^a   Mills, Clare ^a   Matter, Karl ^a   Balda, Maria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84976444297     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.80     Document Type: Review

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