Term Name: | bicellular tight junction assembly |
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Synonyms: | tight junction formation |
Definition: | The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction, 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. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0070830] QuickGO AmiGO |