Term Details for "focal adhesion" (GO:0005925) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0005925

Name

focal adhesion

Ontology

cellular_component

Synonyms

HAJ, connecting hemi-adherens junction, focal contact, hemi-adherens junction, adhesion plaque

Alternate IDs

GO:0005926, GO:0008357

Definition

A cell-substrate junction that anchors the cell to the extracellular matrix and that forms a point of termination of actin filaments. In insects focal adhesion has also been referred to as hemi-adherens junction (HAJ).Source: PMID:10419689,GOC:bc,ISBN:0815316208,PMID:1643657,PMID:8314002,PMID:19197329,PMID:12191915,PMID:26923917,PMID:15246682,ISBN:0124325653,PMID:16805308,GOC:aruk,PMID:23033047,PMID:28796323

Comment

None

History

Chem. react.

None

Subset

None

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