Claudin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN7 gene.[5][6] It belongs to the group of claudins.

Claudins, such as CLDN7, are involved in the formation of tight junctions between epithelial cells. Tight junctions restrict lateral diffusion of lipids and membrane proteins, and thereby physically define the border between the apical and basolateral compartments of epithelial cells (Zheng et al., 2003).[supplied by OMIM][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c ENSG00000288292 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000181885, ENSG00000288292Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000018569Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (Mar 1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 96 (2): 511–6. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96..511M. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.511. PMC 15167. PMID 9892664.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: CLDN7 claudin 7".

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