tight junction assembly

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0120192

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. [ GOC:rl ]

Synonyms: occluding junction assembly, occluding cell junction assembly

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created by

krc

creation date

2018-08-14T22:48:05Z

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0120192

term tracker item

https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/16187

Term relations

Equivalent to:

cellular component assembly and results_in_assembly_of some tight junction

Subclass of:

tight junction organization
cell-cell junction assembly
results_in_assembly_of some tight junction