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Claudins

Claudins Definition Claudins (from the Latin claudere - to close) belong to a superfamily that currently consists of 27 small transmembrane proteins in humans/mammals (claudin-1/ claudin- 27) and 67 in fish. Claudins are highly conserved (already detectable in nematodes) transmembrane proteins. T...

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