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Facts about Occludin.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Ocln |
| Uniprot: | Q61146 |
| Entrez: | 18260 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ELL/occludin family |

BLCPMG; Occludin; OCLN
Mass (kDA):
59 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 13 D1|13 53.23 cM |
| Sequence: | 13; |
Localized at tight junctions of both epithelial and endothelial cells. Highly expressed in the testis, kidney, lung, liver and brain. Not detected in skeletal muscle, spleen and heart.



PMID: 8601611 by Ando-Akatsuka Y., et al. Interspecies diversity of the occludin sequence: cDNA cloning of human, mouse, dog, and rat-kangaroo homologues.
PMID: 11102513 by Saitou M., et al. Complex phenotype of mice lacking occludin, a component of tight junction strands.
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