OBSOLETE. A cell projection that emerges from the ECM-facing surface of a cell, is enriched in actin and associated cytoskeletal proteins, and displays localized proteolytic activity toward the substrate.
Source:PMID:19931459,
PMID:19491051,
PMID:16651416,
GOC:mah
Comment
This term was made obsolete because an invadopodium is an abnormal structure found in cancerous or transformed cells that is out of scope of GO.