Term Information

Accession
GO:0120193
Name
tight junction organization
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
occluding cell junction organization, occluding junction organization
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of 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:krc, GOC:rl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0120193 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of tight junction organization (GO:0120193)
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tight junction organization [is_a relation] is_a  cell-cell junction organization (GO:0045216)
Children of tight junction organization (GO:0120193)
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tight junction assembly (GO:0120192) [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction organization
tight junction disassembly (GO:1905071) [is_a relation] is_a  tight junction organization
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