A refined model of claudin-15 tight junction paracellular architecture by molecular dynamics simulations.

Tight-junctions between epithelial cells of biological barriers are specialized molecular structures that regulate the flux of solutes across the barrier, parallel to cell walls. The tight-junction backbone is made of strands of transmembrane proteins from the claudin family, but the molecular mecha...

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Main Authors: Giulio Alberini, Fabio Benfenati, Luca Maragliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184190&type=printable