GO:0005923 'tight junction'
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| Term id | GO:0005923 |
| Term name | tight junction |
| Term definition | An occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet; the outer leaflets of the two interacting plasma membranes are seen to be tightly apposed where sealing strands are present. Each sealing strand is composed of a long row of transmembrane adhesion proteins embedded in each of the two interacting plasma membranes. |
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Synonyms
zonula occludens EXACT
"zonula occludens" EXACT []
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NIF_Subcellular:sao1939999134
Wikipedia:Tight_junction
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