FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

tricellular tight junction

ID (Ontology)

GO:0061689 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

An specialized occluding junction where three epithelial cells meet. It is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that run perpendicularly to the bicellular tight junction at the point of contact between three epithelial cells in an epithelial sheet.[ PubMed:22520461 PubMed:25822906 ]

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Alleles (FBal)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Genes (FBgn)	GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT
Constructs (FBtp)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Alleles	Genes	Constructs
tricellular tight junction (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
is_active_in \| tricellular tight junction	--		--
located_in \| tricellular tight junction	--		--
tricellular tight junction \| embryonic stage		--	--
tricellular tight junction \| P-stage		--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  cell-cell junction
   |__tight junction
       |__tricellular tight junction  12 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	tight junction
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