About The Medical Condition Focal Adhesion

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Focal Adhesion

Focal Adhesion Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Focal Adhesion Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Focal Adhesion?

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 MICROFILAMENTS terminate and attach to the transmembrane linkers, INTEGRINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS.

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