Term: mesencephalic vein bicellular tight junction
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Name: mesencephalic vein
Synonyms: MsV
Definition: Paired veins that sprout from the dorsal midline junction and dive ventrally. The mesencephalic veins are fed by the mesencephalic arteries, after 2.5 dpf, and drain into the dorsal longitudinal vessel after 5dpf.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005092]
Name: bicellular tight junction
Synonyms: zonula occludens
Definition: An occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet; the outer leaflets of the two interacting plasma membranes are seen to be tightly apposed where sealing strands are present. Each sealing strand is composed of a long row of transmembrane adhesion proteins embedded in each of the two interacting plasma membranes.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005923]    QuickGO    AmiGO