More diversity in epithelial cell polarity: A fruit flies’ gut feeling

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H-Arno J. Müller

* E-mail: h.a.muller@uni-kassel.de

Affiliation Division of Developmental Genetics, Institute for Biology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Cell polarity
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Tight junctions
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Epithelium
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Epithelial cells
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Membrane proteins
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Cell membranes
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Junctional complexes
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