NALT

Preferred term

tight junctions

Topic

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.

intercellular junctions

occluding junctions
zonula occludens

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

37718

Spanish

uniones estrechas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47484

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/13/14