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Occludin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OCLN gene.Occludin is a 65-kDa (522-amino acid polypeptide -human) integral plasma-membrane protein located at the tight junctions described for the first time in 1993 by Shoichiro Tsukita. Together with the Claudin group of proteins it is the main component of the tight junctions.

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