CLDN7

Claudin 7
Identifiers
SymbolsCLDN7 ; CEPTRL2; CLDN-7; CPETRL2; Hs.84359; claudin-1
External IDsOMIM: 609131 MGI: 1859285 HomoloGene: 9649 GeneCards: CLDN7 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez136653624
EnsemblENSG00000181885ENSMUSG00000018569
UniProtO95471Q9Z261
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001185022NM_001193619
RefSeq (protein)NP_001171951NP_001180548
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
7.16 – 7.17 Mb
Chr 11:
69.96 – 69.97 Mb
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Claudin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN7 gene.[1][2] It belongs to the group of claudins.

Claudins, such as CLDN7, are involved in the formation of tight junctions between epithelial cells. Tight junctions restrict lateral diffusion of lipids and membrane proteins, and thereby physically define the border between the apical and basolateral compartments of epithelial cells (Zheng et al., 2003).[supplied by OMIM][2]

References

  1. Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (Mar 1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96 (2): 511–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.511. PMC 15167. PMID 9892664.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CLDN7 claudin 7".

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