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Focal Adhesions
Adhesion Plaques | Cell-Matrix Adherens Junctions | Focal Contacts | Adherens Junction, Cell-Matrix | Adherens Junctions, Cell-Matrix | Adhesion Plaque | Adhesion, Focal | Adhesions, Focal | Cell Matrix Adherens Junctions | Contact, Focal
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. |
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