A single gene product, claudin-1 or -2, reconstitutes tight junction strands and recruits occludin in fibroblasts.

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Published in J Cell Biol on October 19, 1998

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M Furuse1, H Sasaki, K Fujimoto, S Tsukita

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1: Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan.

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