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GO:0005923 'tight junction'

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Term idGO:0005923
Term nametight junction
Term definitionAn 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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zonula occludens EXACT
"zonula occludens" EXACT []

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NIF_Subcellular:sao1939999134
Wikipedia:Tight_junction

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