Mesh term Tight Junctions
Browse to parent terms:Intercellular Junctions
Description
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)Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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