Molecular organization of tricellular tight junctions

When the apicolateral border of epithelial cells is compared with a polygon, its sides correspond to the apical junctional complex, where cell adhesion molecules assemble from the plasma membranes of two adjacent cells. On the other hand, its vertices correspond to tricellular contacts, where the co...

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Main Authors: Furuse, Mikio, Izumi, Yasushi, Oda, Yukako, Higashi, Tomohito, Iwamoto, Noriko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4117683/