Pores in the wall: claudins constitute tight junction strands containing aqueous pores.
Tsukita
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Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan. htsukita@mfour.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Furuse
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D000818:Animals; D020346:Aquaporins / Q000378:metabolism*; D062445:Claudin-1; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D005810:Multigene Family; D019108:Tight Junctions / Q000378:metabolism*
D020346:Aquaporins; C568108:CLDN1 protein, human; D062445:Claudin-1; D008565:Membrane Proteins