Epithelium vs Claudin - What's the difference?
epithelium | claudin |
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 25:
(protein) Any of a family of proteins that control the flow of molecules through the epithelium
As nouns the difference between epithelium and claudin
is that epithelium is epithelium while claudin is (protein) any of a family of proteins that control the flow of molecules through the epithelium.epithelium
English
(wikipedia epithelium)Noun
(en-noun)- the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium .