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The formation of an apical junction, a functional unit located near the cell apex at the points of contact between epithelial cells composed of the tight junction, the zonula adherens junction and the desmosomes, by the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of its constituents. The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction, an occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet. A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a cell junction. The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a junction between cells. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a cell-cell junction. A cell-cell junction is a specialized region of connection between two cells.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: tight junction assembly
Acc: GO:0070830
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a tight junction, an occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet.
Synonyms:
  • tight junction formation
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GO:0070830 - tight junction assembly (interactive image map)
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