Concept information
Preferred term
Focal Adhesions
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Adherens Junction, Cell-Matrix
- Adherens Junctions, Cell-Matrix
- Adhesion Plaque
- Adhesion Plaques
- Cell-Matrix Adherens Junction
- Cell Matrix Adherens Junctions
- Cell-Matrix Adherens Junctions
- Contact, Focal
- Contacts, Focal
- Focal Contact
- Focal Contacts
- Junction, Cell-Matrix Adherens
- Junctions, Cell-Matrix Adherens
- Plaque, Adhesion
- Plaques, Adhesion
Scope note
- An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate. It is composed of a specialized area of the plasma membrane where bundles of the ACTIN CYTOSKELETON terminate and attach to the transmembrane linkers, INTEGRINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS.
History note
- 2001
In other languages
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Finnish
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fokaalinen liitos
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Swedish
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Fokaladhesion
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D022001
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