focal adhesion
Sign in to saveAlso known as hemi-adherens junction, focal adhesions, GO:0005925, HAJ, focal contact, connecting hemi-adherens junction
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
Research
25,974 papers- Focal adhesion dynamics in cellular function and disease.Cellular signalling · 2021
- Focal Adhesion's Role in Cardiomyocytes Function: From Cardiomyogenesis to Mechanotransduction.Cells · 2024
- Focal Adhesion-Independent Cell Migration.Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2016
- Calpain-2-Mediated Endothelial Focal Adhesion Disruption in Thoracic Aortic Dissection.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
- Focal adhesion signaling: vascular smooth muscle cell contractility beyond calcium mechanisms.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2021
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005925
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