focal adhesion

Term Information

Accession
GO:0005925
Ontology
cellular component
Synonyms
related: hemi-adherens junction
alt_id: GO:0008357
exact: focal contact
Definition
Small region on the surface of a cell that anchors the cell to the extracellular matrix and that forms a point of termination of actin filaments. [source: ISBN:0124325653, ISBN:0815316208]
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