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GO: Biological Process

bicellular tight junction assembly

Term ID
GO:0070830
Synonyms
  • tight junction formation
Definition
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction, 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.
References
  • Reactome:R-HSA-420029
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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Phenotype
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