symbiont-mediated perturbation of host tight cell-cell junction

Term ID

GO:0098865

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. 24287273

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO