Term Information

Accession
GO:0120192
Name
tight junction assembly
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
occluding cell junction assembly, occluding junction assembly
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction. A tight junction seals cells together in an epithelium in a way that prevents even small molecules from leaking from one side of the sheet to the other. Source: GOC:rl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0120192 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of tight junction assembly (GO:0120192)
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tight junction assembly [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction organization (GO:0120193)
tight junction assembly [is_a relation] is_a  cell-cell junction assembly (GO:0007043)
Children of tight junction assembly (GO:0120192)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
bicellular tight junction assembly (GO:0070830) [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction assembly
tricellular tight junction assembly (GO:1904274) [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction assembly
septate junction assembly (GO:0019991) [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction assembly
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