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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 1778, Issue 3, Pages 601-613Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.09.032
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tight junctions; cytoplasmic proteins; ZO-1; ZO-2; ZO-3; MAGI; afadin; MUPP1; angiomotion cingulin; JACOP; symplekin ASH1; ubinuclein; GEF-H1; Rich1; tuba; Rab13; Rab3B; PDZ; PAR-3; PAR-6; PALS-1; PATJ
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The region of cytoplasm underlying the tight junction (TJ) contains several multimolecular protein complexes, which are involved in scaffolding of membrane proteins, regulation of cytoskeletal organization, establishment of polarity, and signalling to and from the nucleus. In this review, we summarize some of the most recent advances in understanding the identity of these proteins, their domain organization, their protein interactions, and their functions in vertebrate organisms. Analysis of knockdown and knockout model systems shows that several TJ proteins are essential for the formation of epithelial tissues and early embryonic development, whereas others appear to have redundant functions. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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