EOG8FFGG6 GO:0005923 12/85 bicellular tight junction cellular_component "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; the outer leaflets of the two interacting plasma membranes are seen to be tightly apposed where sealing strands are present. Each sealing strand is composed of a long row of transmembrane adhesion proteins embedded in each of the two interacting plasma membranes." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0815332181] EOG8FFGG6 GO:0005198 12/85 structural molecule activity molecular_function "The action of a molecule that contributes to the structural integrity of a complex or assembly within or outside a cell." [GOC:mah]