Term Information

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
See term history for GO:0005925 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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focal adhesion [is_a relation] is_a  cell-substrate junction (GO:0030055)

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Focal_adhesion