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Preferred term

Tight Junctions  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Junction, Occluding
  • Junctions, Occluding
  • Occludens, Zonula
  • Occluden, Zonula
  • Occluding Junction
  • Occluding Junctions
  • Zonula Occluden
  • Zonula Occludens

Scope note

  • Cell-cell junctions that seal adjacent epithelial cells together, preventing the passage of most dissolved molecules from one side of the epithelial sheet to the other. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, p22)

History note

  • 96; was see INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS 1995

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019108

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