occluding junction


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occluding junction

[ə′klüd·iŋ ‚jəŋk·shən]
(cell and molecular biology)
tight junction
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(1) Ultrastructurally, they show epithelial cells connected by occluding junctions and belt desmosomes resting on a basement membrane.
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