tight junction organization

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0120193

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. [ GOC:rl GOC:krc ]

Synonyms: occluding cell junction organization, occluding junction organization

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created by

krc

creation date

2018-08-14T23:05:40Z

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0120193

term tracker item

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

Term relations

Equivalent to:

cellular component organization and results in organization of some tight junction

Subclass of:

cell-cell junction organization
results in organization of some tight junction