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Tight Junctions

Known as: Occludens, Zonula, Junctions, Occluding, Zonula Occluden 
Found near the apical surface of cells in simple epithelia. Forms a sealing "gasket" around the cell by the fusion of adjacent cell membranes which… 
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1997
1997
Tight junctions serve as the rate-limiting barrier to passive movement of hydrophilic solutes across intestinal epithelia. After… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Using freeze-fracture techniques, we have examined the morpholog of tight junction networks found along the length of the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
IN epithelia classified as “leaky”, net transport efficiency of NaCl and water may be determined not only by cellular metabolic… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Once embryonic cells have begun a course of somatic differentiation, they are characterized by a remarkable degree of…