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Claudin-16 and claudin-19 interact and form a cation-selective tight junction complex.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2008
Hou Jianghui, Renigunta Aparna, Konrad Martin, Gomes Antonio S, Schneeberger Eveline E, Paul David L, Waldegger Siegfried, Goodenough Daniel A
Abstract excerpt
Tight junctions (TJs) play a key role in mediating paracellular ion reabsorption in the kidney. Familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the genes encoding the TJ proteins claudin-16 (CLDN16) and CLDN19; however, the...
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