| Term: | retinal pigmented epithelium tight junction |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | retinal pigmented epithelium |
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| Synonyms: | pigmented epithelium, pigmented retina, pigmented retinal epithelium, PRE, RPE |
| Definition: | A monolayer of pigmented epithelium covering the neural retina; develops from the outer of the two layers of the optic cup. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000144] |
| Name: | tight junction |
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| 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 |