Biology 105
Eukaryotic Cell Biology

September 28, 2006 Membrane Specializations

Today's Handouts: Lecture Outline Complete Reading List (PDF)

Lecture Slides available via WebCT
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Required Reading:

Textbook: Alberts et al (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell. pp. 1065-1080.

Furuse et al (2001) Conversion of Zonulae Occludentes from Tight to Leaky Strand Type by Introducing Claudin-2 into Madin-Darby Canine Kidney I Cells JCB 153: 263-272.

Furuse et al (2002) Claudin-based tight junctions are crucial for the mammalian epidermal barrier: a lesson from claudin-1–deficient mice J. Cell Biol. 156: 1099-1111.

Bukauskas et al (2000) Clustering of connexin 43-enhanced green fluorescent protein gap junction channels and functional coupling in living cells. PNAS 97: 2556-2561.

Richards et al (2004) Protein kinase C spatially and temporally regulates gap junctional communication during human wound repair via phosphorylation of connexin43 on serine368. JCB 167:, 555-562.

Takeichi (2006) Shoichiro Tsukita: a life exploring the molecular architecture of the tight junction. JCB 172: 321-323.

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867400804717

From the MBOC CD: 19-1 (formation of adhering junctions) 19.2 (rolling leukocytes) 19.3 Desmosomes in EM