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Cell-cell junctions that seal adjacent epithelial cells together, preventing the passage of most dissolved molecules from one side of the epithelial sheet to the other. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, p22)
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- Occluding Junctions
- Zonula Occludens
- Junction, Occluding
- Junction, Tight
- Junctions, Occluding
- Junctions, Tight
- Occluden, Zonula
- Occludens, Zonula
- Occluding Junction
- Tight Junction
- Zonula Occluden
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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96; was see INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS 1995
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- Cell Membrane (1966-1969)
- Intercellular Junctions (1970-1995)
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- National Library of Medicine. Tight Junctions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019108. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019108
- Tight Junctions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_junction
- Tight Junctions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053832