Focal Adhesions |
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| Adherens Junction, Cell-Matrix; Adherens Junctions, Cell-Matrix; Adhesion Plaque; Adhesion, Focal; Adhesions, Focal; Cell Matrix Adherens Junctions; Cell-Matrix Adherens Junction; Contact, Focal; Contacts, Focal; Focal Adhesion; Focal Contact | |
| 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 MICROFILAMENTS terminate and attach to the transmembrane linkers, INTEGRINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS. | |