# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q904514](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904514)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_adhesion)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/focal-adhesion


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. UMLS 2023
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)