Membrane asymmetry in epithelia: is the tight junction a barrier to diffusion in the plasma membrane?

Nature. 1981 Dec 24;294(5843):718-22. doi: 10.1038/294718a0.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bufonidae
  • Cell Membrane / physiology*
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Diffusion
  • Dogs
  • Epithelium / physiology*
  • Epithelium / ultrastructure
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Intercellular Junctions / physiology*
  • Lectins
  • Membrane Fluidity
  • Swine

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Lectins