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Molecular complexity of vertebrate tight junctions (Review)

Fabio D'Atri Department of Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest, Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Sandra Citi Department of Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest, Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Pages 103-112 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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