GO:0036057

A specialized cell-cell junction found between the interdigitating foot processes of the glomerular epithelium (the podocytes) in the vertebrate kidney, which is adapted for facilitating glomerular filtration. [GOC:mtg_kidney_jan10, GOC:rph, PMID:12386277, PMID:15994232, PMID:18971929, PMID:19478094]