host-symbiont bicellular tight junction
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.
GO:0005923
bicellular tight junction
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host-parasite tight junction
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host-pathogen tight junction
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