focal adhesions

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002569",
  "term": "focal adhesions",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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 the actin cytoskeleton terminate and attach to the transmembrane linkers, integrins, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to extracellular matrix proteins.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cell-matrix adherens junctions",
    "focal contacts"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "cell-matrix junctions",
    "cell adhesion",
    "cytoskeleton",
    "actin",
    "extracellular matrix",
    "integrins"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "adherencias focales"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/focal-adhesions/"
}