Planteome: Term Details for "host-symbiont bicellular tight junction" (GO:0044647)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0044647
Name: host-symbiont bicellular tight junction
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: host-parasite tight junction, host-pathogen tight junction
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: An occluding cell-cell junction formed between the membranes of the apical end of an invading cell (e.g. a merozoite in Plasmodium) and a host target cell (e.g. erythrocyte for Plasmodium infection). The junction is a stable yet dynamic structure that moves around the symbiont cell during invasion, enclosing it in a vacuole surrounded by a membrane. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:21803641
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0044647 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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