Term Name: | symbiont-mediated perturbation of host tight cell-cell junction |
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Synonyms: | disruption by symbiont of host tight cell-cell junction, disruption of host tight cell-cell junction, modification by symbiont of host bicellular tight junctions, symbiont-mediated disruption of host tight cell-cell junction |
Definition: | The process in which an organism effects a change that impairs the structure or temporarily subverts the tight cell-cell junctions between cells of the host. Tight cell-cell junctions, a cell-cell junction that 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. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0098865] QuickGO AmiGO |