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Proteomic and bioinformatic analysis of epithelial tight junction reveals an unexpected cluster of synaptic molecules

Vivian W Tang

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Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Biology Direct 2006, 1:37 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-37

Published: 8 December 2006

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Identification and scoring of hits. (A) Bands from 3 separate purifications were used for mass spectroscopy (see Methods for details). (B) Peptides from the same bands were pooled for fingerprint analysis.

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Filemaker prototype for bioinformatic analysis

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Co-enrichment of hits with occludin. (A) Western blots of whole cell, WC, and heavy plasma membrane, HPM, showing co-enrichment of ERK3, STAT2, Homer, Connexin 36, and mGluR5 with occludin. EAAT1 and Hsc70 are also present in the heavy plasma fraction (see Methods for details). (B) Antibodies used in this study.

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