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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M0356350

Previous indexing

Cell Adhesion (1986-2000); Extracellular Matrix (1986-2000)

History note

2001

Public note

2001