Extensive Expansion of the Claudin Gene Family in the Teleost Fish, Fugu rubripes

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Extensive duplication of an ancestral claudin 3 and 4 gene in Fugu. The human CLDN3 and CLDN4 locus on Chromosome 7 is compared with the cldn3/cldn4-like gene loci on scaffolds 102 and 302 of Fugu. The location and orientation of the genes are indicated.

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 1248-1257

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