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Gp135/podocalyxin and NHERF-2 participate in the formation of a preapical domain during polarization of MDCK cells.
The Journal of cell biology - 17 Jan 2005
Meder Doris, Shevchenko Anna, Simons Kai, Füllekrug Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial polarization involves the segregation of apical and basolateral membrane domains, which are stabilized and maintained by tight junctions and membrane traffic. We report that unlike most apical and basolateral proteins in MDCK cells, which separate only after junctions have formed, the apical marker gp135 signifies an early level of polarized membrane organization established already in single cells. We...
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