Claudin 25

CLDN25
Identifiers
Aliases	CLDN25, claudin 25
External IDs	GeneCards: CLDN25
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q23.2 Start 113,779,796 bp End 113,780,485 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in olfactory zone of nasal mucosa anterior pituitary skeletal muscle tissue muscle of leg gastrocnemius muscle n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Orthologs Databases NCBI: entry; OMA: entry Species Human Mouse Entrez 644672 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000228607 n/a UniProt C9JDP6 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001101389 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001094859 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 113.78 – 113.78 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a
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Claudin 25 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN25 gene.

Function

This gene encodes a member of the claudin family. Claudins are integral membrane proteins and components of tight junction strands. Tight junction strands serve as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space between epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, and also play critical roles in maintaining cell polarity and signal transductions. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2010].

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.