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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have fourtransmembrane domains
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The selectivity function of TJs is imparted by Claudins (Cldns), a family of 23 highly conserved tetraspan membrane proteins whose heterogeneity stems in large part from distinctly charged amino acid sequences in the first external loop
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tammy-Claire Troy et al. 2009
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Geuijen CA, Oomen LC, Calafat J, Janssen H, et al. (2000) The tetraspan molecule CD151, a novel constituent of hemidesmosomes, associates with the integrin alpha6beta4 and may regulate the spatial organization of hemidesmosomes.
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