Term: kidney epithelial cell tight junction
Name: kidney epithelial cell
Synonyms:
Definition: An epithelial cell of the kidney.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009374]

Name: tight junction
Synonyms: occluding cell junction, occluding junction
Definition: A cell-cell junction that seals cells together in an epithelium in a way that prevents even small molecules from leaking from one side of the sheet to the other.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0070160]    QuickGO    AmiGO