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Descriptor
English
:
Tight Junctions
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Uniones Estrechas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Junções Íntimas
Synonyms
English
:
Occluding Junctions
Tree Number:
A11.284.149.165.420.820
Definition
English
:
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
English
:
96; was see INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS 1995
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
chemistry
classification
drug effects
enzymology
genetics
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
pathology
physiology
parasitology
radiography
radiation effects
radionuclide imaging
secretion
ultrastructure
ultrasonography
virology
Record Number:
32590
Unique Identifier:
D019108
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