| Phenotype: | neuroepithelial cell bicellular tight junction increased permeability, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | neuroepithelial cell |
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| Synonyms: | neuroepithelial cells |
| Definition: | |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009306] |
| Name: | bicellular tight junction |
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| 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 |
| Name: | increased permeability |
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| Synonyms: | high permeability |
| Definition: | A permeability which is relatively high. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001577] |