DeCS

Descriptor English:

Tight Junctions

Descriptor Spanish:

Uniones Estrechas

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	uniones estrechas
Entry term(s)	uniones oclusivas
Scope note:	Uniones célula-célula que mantienen juntas a las células epiteliales adyacentes, impidiendo el paso de la mayoría de las moléculas disueltas desde un lado al otro de la lámina epitelial. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pG-22)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Junções Íntimas

Descriptor French:

Jonctions serrées

Entry term(s):

Jonction serrée
Jonctions étanches
Zonula occludens

Tree number(s):

A11.284.149.165.420.820

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019108

Scope note:

Cell-cell junctions that seal adjacent epithelial cells together, preventing the passage of most dissolved molecules from one side of the epithelial sheet to the other. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, p22)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

32590

Unique ID:

D019108

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Date Established:

1996/01/01

Date of Entry:

1995/06/05

Revision Date:

2003/07/09