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
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focal adhesion
Summary
focal adhesion is a cellular component[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #105 of 301).[2]
Key Facts
- focal adhesion's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
- focal adhesion's subclass of is recorded as cell-substrate junction[4].
- focal adhesion's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D022001[5].
- focal adhesion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07d6q8[6].
- focal adhesion's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.149.165.165.285[7].
- focal adhesion's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0005925[8].
- focal adhesion's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005925[9].
- focal adhesion's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0887870[10].
- focal adhesion's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as focal-adhesions[11].
- focal adhesion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 151166631[12].
- focal adhesion's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C151166631[13].
- focal adhesion's Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy ID is recorded as focal-adhesion[14].
Why It Matters
focal adhesion draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #105 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]