Concept information
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
In other languages
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Finnish
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tiivis liitos
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zonula occludens
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019108
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