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Descriptor English:
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Focal Adhesions
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Adhesiones Focales
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Aderências Focais
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Synonyms English:
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Adhesion Plaques
Cell-Matrix Adherens Junctions
Focal Contacts
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Tree Number:
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A11.284.149.165.165.285
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Definition English:
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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. |
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See Related English:
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Cell Adhesion
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History Note English:
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2001
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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35265
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Unique Identifier:
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D022001
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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