The Na/K ATPase pump, a signaling switch between life and death
This thesis is the first in-depth investigation into the roles of Na/K ATPase in assembly and maintenance of septate junctions (SJ) and tricellular junctions (TCJ). Together, these domains block the flow of fluids or pathogens across an epithelia. Loss of either domain (SJ or TCJ) leads to a loss of...
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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54532 |