GO Term : GO:0005925 focal adhesion GO

Namespace  cellular_component Obsolete  false
description  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.

0 Cross References

1 Ontology

Name
GO

7 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0005575 cellular_component The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together.
GO:0030054 cell junction A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix.
GO:0005912 adherens junction A cell junction at which anchoring proteins (cadherins or integrins) extend through the plasma membrane and are attached to actin filaments.
GO:0070161 anchoring junction A cell junction that mechanically attaches a cell (and its cytoskeleton) to neighboring cells or to the extracellular matrix.
GO:0005924 cell-substrate adherens junction An adherens junction which connects a cell to the extracellular matrix.
GO:0030055 cell-substrate junction A cell junction that forms a connection between a cell and the extracellular matrix.
GO:0005925 focal adhesion 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.

0 Protein

6 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0005924 GO:0005925
is_a GO:0005912 GO:0005925
is_a GO:0005575 GO:0005925
is_a GO:0030055 GO:0005925
is_a GO:0030054 GO:0005925
is_a GO:0070161 GO:0005925

4 Synonyms

Name Type
hemi-adherens junction synonym
GO:0008357 alt_id
adhesion plaque synonym
focal contact synonym