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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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AMOT protein, humanCLDN6 protein, humanCell surfaceCingulin-Like Protein 1

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Intercellular Junctionsapical junction complexintercellular connection

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2015
2015
Chemical Functionalization Effects on Cubane-Based Chain Electronic Transport
We report electronic structure calculations in chemically functionalized linear cubane-based chains. The effects of covalent… 
2010
2010
Morphological Changes in Duodenal Epithelium of Japanese Quail after Chronic Cadmium Exposure
Our study investigated morphological changes in enterocytes of adult Japanese quails that were given cadmium (CdCl2) perorally… 
2006
2006
Immunohistochemical study of tight junction-related protein in neovasculature in astrocytic tumor
To clarify whether the neovasculature of brain tumors preserves blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions, we studied the expression of… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Genetic Disorders of Membrane Transport II . Regulation of CFTR by small molecules including HCO 3 2 *
Illek, Beate, Horst Fischer, and Terry E. Machen. Genetic Disorders of Membrane Transport. II. Regulation of CFTR by small… 
1987
1987
Analysis of absorptive cell occluding junction structure-function relationships in a state of enhanced junctional permeability.
Junctional strand count, the number of individual junctional strands which intersect a perpendicular, has been widely used as a… 
1985
1985
Unusual structural features and assembly of gap and pleated septate junctions in embryonic cockroach CNS.
Junctional assembly in the developing CNS in cockroach embryos has been studied during the last half of neurogenesis. Atypical… 
1982
1982
Further observations on the Sertoli cell junctions of the mouse testis after metal contract freeze-fracture, and comparisons with cellular junctions of other epithelial cells.
Using a metal contact freezing methods, the junctional complexes of Sertoli cells and other epithelial cells (intestine, liver… 
1982
1982
Correlations between cell surface protease activities and abnormalities of occludens junctions in rat bladder carcinoma in vitro.
Microenvironmental alterations, i.e., proteolytic enzymes, may play a causative role in abnormalities of zonulae occludentes. To… 
1973
1973
An electrophysiological study of the sodium and potassium permeabilities of insect peripheral nerves.
1. Experiments carried out in situ , using suction electrodes, and in vitro , using the ‘sucrose-gap’, have demonstrated a… 
1968
1968
Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen über Diffusion und Resorption von Thoriumdioxyd an der Meerschweinchenschnecke
SummaryBy injecting Thorium dioxide into the perilymph and the endolymph we have examined the permeability of the basilar…