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tight junctions

type of cellular connection that minimizes metabolic flows between adjacent cells
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tight junctions
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tight junctions

Summary

tight junctions is a cellular component[1]. It draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #54 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • tight junctions's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • tight junctions is a type of cell-cell junction[4].
  • tight junctions's Commons category is recorded as Tight junctions[5].
  • tight junctions's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0070160[6].

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Definition and Type

tight junctions's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3]. It is a type of cell-cell junction[4].

Why It Matters

tight junctions draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #54 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Michał Ski · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → cell-cell junction
    Instance of → cellular component
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