Term 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