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Molecular basis for cation selectivity in claudin-2-based paracellular pores: identification of an electrostatic

Alan S L Yu1, Mary H Cheng, Susanne Angelow

  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine,University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. alanyu@usc.edu

The Journal of General Physiology
|December 31, 2008
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