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Which proteins are responsible for creating the seal in the tight junction?
Which proteins are responsible for creating the seal in the tight junction?
- Outer leaflets
- Transmembrane proteins
- Occludins and claudins (correct)
- Actin filaments
What is the function of the tight junction?
What is the function of the tight junction?
- Allows diffusion of membrane proteins between the apical and lateral membrane domains
- Fuses the outer leaflets of adjoined plasma membranes
- Controls the free molecular movement between the cells (correct)
- Attaches to actin filaments
Where do the occludins/claudins attach in the intercellular space?
Where do the occludins/claudins attach in the intercellular space?
- To the neighboring cells (correct)
- To the outer leaflets of the cells
- To the apical and lateral membrane domains
- To the actin filaments
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