Term Information

Accession
GO:0043297
Name
apical junction assembly
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
apical junction complex assembly
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The formation of an apical junction, a functional unit located near the cell apex at the points of contact between epithelial cells composed of the tight junction, the zonula adherens junction and the desmosomes, by the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of its constituents. Source: PMID:15196556, PMID:10854689, GOC:go_curators, PMID:14729475
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043297 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of apical junction assembly (GO:0043297)
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apical junction assembly [is_a relation] is_a  cell-cell junction assembly (GO:0007043)
Children of apical junction assembly (GO:0043297)
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septate junction assembly (GO:0019991) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical junction assembly
zonula adherens assembly (GO:0045186) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical junction assembly
bicellular tight junction assembly (GO:0070830) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical junction assembly
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