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Chapter 4.7, Problem 3CC
MAKE CONNECTIONS The polypeptide chain that makes up a tight junction weaves back and forth through the membrane four times, with two extracellular loops, and one loop plus short C-terminal and N-terminal tails in the cytoplasm. Looking at Figure 3.18, whatWhat would you predict about the amino acids making up the tight junction protein?
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