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Category:GO:0120192 ! tight junction assembly
name: tight junction assembly
namespace: biological_process
def: "A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction. A tight junction 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." [GOC:rl]
synonym: "occluding cell junction assembly" EXACT [GOC:rl]
synonym: "occluding junction assembly" EXACT [GOC:rl]
is_a: GO:0007043 ! cell-cell junction assembly
is_a: GO:0120193 ! tight junction organization
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<GOterm>GO:0120192</GOterm>
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