loading...| Preferred Name |
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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| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Tight_junction |
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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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zonula occludens |
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cellular_component |
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| id |
GO:0005923 |
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| label |
tight junction |
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| notation |
GO:0005923 |
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tight junction |
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