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| Term | tight junction | ID (Ontology) | GO:0070160 (Gene Ontology) |
| Definition | A cell-cell junction that seals cells together in an epithelium in a way that prevents even small molecules from leaking from one side of the sheet to the other.[ ISBN:0815332181 ] | ||
| Also Known As | "occluding cell junction" ; "occluding junction" | ||
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anchoring junction |__cell-cell junction |__tight junction 107 rec. |__bicellular tight junction 2 rec. | |__host-symbiont bicellular tight junction |__septate junction 97 rec. | |__pleated septate junction 13 rec. | |__smooth septate junction 17 rec. |__tricellular tight junction 12 rec. |
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| Is a | cell-cell junction | ||
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| Wikipedia:Tight_junction | |||