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Meanings of zonula occludens in English

Russian
плотные контакты
Portuguese
tight junctions
Spanish
unión ocluyente
Catalan
unions estretes
Wikidata

Type of cellular connection that minimizes metabolic flows between adjacent cells.

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плотные контакты
Usage of zonula occludens in English
1
Microvillis and zonula occludens were observed on the surface of the differentiated cells under an electron microscope.
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2
Most gap junctions between neurons in mammalian retina contain abundant connexin36, often in association with the scaffolding protein zonula occludens-1.
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3
The expression and membrane localization of the tight junction proteins zonula occludens-1 and occludin were decreased in alveolar epithelial cells from HIV-1 transgenic rats.
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