Overexpression of occludin, a tight junction-associated integral membrane protein, induces the formation of intracellular multilamellar bodies bearing tight junction-like structures

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				K. Morita, H. Sasaki, M. Furuse, and S. Tsukita Endothelial Claudin: Claudin-5/Tmvcf Constitutes Tight Junction Strands in Endothelial Cells J. Cell Biol., October 4, 1999; 147(1): 185 - 194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. Sonoda, M. Furuse, H. Sasaki, S. Yonemura, J. Katahira, Y. Horiguchi, and S. Tsukita Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Fragment Removes Specific Claudins from Tight Junction Strands: Evidence for Direct Involvement of Claudins in Tight Junction Barrier J. Cell Biol., October 4, 1999; 147(1): 195 - 204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. L. Mitic, E. E. Schneeberger, A. S. Fanning, and J. M. Anderson Connexin-Occludin Chimeras Containing the Zo-Binding Domain of Occludin Localize at Mdck Tight Junctions and Nrk Cell Contacts J. Cell Biol., August 9, 1999; 146(3): 683 - 693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Morita, H. Sasaki, K. Fujimoto, M. Furuse, and S. Tsukita Claudin-11/OSP-based Tight Junctions of Myelin Sheaths in Brain and Sertoli Cells in Testis J. Cell Biol., May 3, 1999; 145(3): 579 - 588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Morita, M. Furuse, K. Fujimoto, and S. Tsukita Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands PNAS, January 19, 1999; 96(2): 511 - 516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Bamforth, U Kniesel, H Wolburg, B Engelhardt, and W Risau A dominant mutant of occludin disrupts tight junction structure and function J. Cell Sci., January 6, 1999; 112(12): 1879 - 1888. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. Furuse, H. Sasaki, K. Fujimoto, and S. Tsukita A Single Gene Product, Claudin-1 or -2, Reconstitutes Tight Junction Strands and Recruits Occludin in Fibroblasts J. Cell Biol., October 19, 1998; 143(2): 391 - 401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Gopalakrishnan, N. Raman, S. J. Atkinson, and J. A. Marrs Rho GTPase signaling regulates tight junction assembly and protects tight junctions during ATP depletion Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, September 1, 1998; 275(3): C798 - C809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Furuse, K. Fujita, T. Hiiragi, K. Fujimoto, and S. Tsukita Claudin-1 and -2: Novel Integral Membrane Proteins Localizing at Tight Junctions with No Sequence Similarity to Occludin J. Cell Biol., June 29, 1998; 141(7): 1539 - 1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Saitou, K. Fujimoto, Y. Doi, M. Itoh, T. Fujimoto, M. Furuse, H. Takano, T. Noda, and S. Tsukita Occludin-deficient Embryonic Stem Cells Can Differentiate into Polarized Epithelial Cells Bearing Tight Junctions J. Cell Biol., April 20, 1998; 141(2): 397 - 408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Haskins, L. Gu, E. S. Wittchen, J. Hibbard, and B. R. Stevenson ZO-3, a Novel Member of the MAGUK Protein Family Found at the Tight Junction, Interacts with ZO-1 and Occludin J. Cell Biol., April 6, 1998; 141(1): 199 - 208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]