Preferred Name |
bicellular tight junction |
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Synonyms |
zonula occludens |
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Definitions |
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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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005923 |
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alternative_term |
zonula occludens |
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database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Tight_junction NIF_Subcellular:sao1939999134 |
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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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fromBEL |
true |
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fromPubMed |
true |
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has_obo_namespace |
cellular_component |
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id |
GO:0005923 |
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imported from | ||
label |
bicellular tight junction |
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notation |
GO:0005923 |
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oboInOwl:hasDbXRef | ||
preferred label |
bicellular tight junction |
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prefLabel |
bicellular tight junction |
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textual 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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subClassOf |