Assembly of Tight Junction Strands: Claudin-10b and Claudin-3 Form Homo-Tetrameric Building Blocks that Polymerise in a Channel-Independent Manner
Caroline Hempel, Jonas Protze, E. Altun, B. Riebe, Anna Piontek, Anja Fromm, I M Lee, Tarek Saleh, Dorothee Günzel, Gerd Krause, Jörg Piontek
Topics & Concepts
ClaudinParacellular transportBiophysicsFörster resonance energy transferChemistryTight junctionBiologyPermeability (electromagnetism)BiochemistryFluorescenceQuantum mechanicsMembranePhysicsBarrier Structure and Function StudiesNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsConnexins and lens biology