CLDN7

CLDN7
Identifiers
Aliases CLDN7, CEPTRL2, CLDN-7, CPETRL2, Hs.84359, claudin-1, claudin 7
External IDs MGI: 1859285 HomoloGene: 9649 GeneCards: CLDN7
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1366

53624

Ensembl

ENSG00000181885

ENSMUSG00000018569

UniProt

O95471

Q9Z261

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001307
NM_001185022
NM_001185023

NM_001193619
NM_016887

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001171951.1
NP_001171952.1
NP_001298.3

NP_001180548.1
NP_058583.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 7.26 – 7.26 Mb Chr 11: 69.96 – 69.97 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Claudin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN7 gene.[3][4] It belongs to the group of claudins.

Claudins, such as CLDN7, are involved in the formation of tight junctions between epithelial cells. Tight junctions restrict lateral diffusion of lipids and membrane proteins, and thereby physically define the border between the apical and basolateral compartments of epithelial cells (Zheng et al., 2003).[supplied by OMIM][4]

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