Term: | midbrain bicellular tight junction |
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Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
Name: | midbrain |
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Synonyms: | mesencephalon |
Definition: | The brain region between the forebrain anteriorly and the hindbrain posteriorly, including the tectum dorsally and the midbrain tegmentum ventrally. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000128] |
Name: | bicellular tight junction |
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Synonyms: | zonula occludens |
Definition: | An occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet; the outer leaflets of the two interacting plasma membranes are seen to be tightly apposed where sealing strands are present. Each sealing strand is composed of a long row of transmembrane adhesion proteins embedded in each of the two interacting plasma membranes. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005923] QuickGO AmiGO |