Term: | intestinal epithelium focal adhesion |
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Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
Name: | intestinal epithelium |
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Synonyms: | intestine epithelium, villous epithelium |
Definition: | Simple columnar epithelium that lines the intestine, sometimes pseudostratified, with absorptive brush-border cells and mucous goblet cells clearly visible. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005124] |
Name: | focal adhesion |
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Synonyms: | adhesion plaque, connecting hemi-adherens junction, focal contact, HAJ, hemi-adherens junction |
Definition: | A cell-substrate junction that anchors the cell to the extracellular matrix and that forms a point of termination of actin filaments. In insects focal adhesion has also been referred to as hemi-adherens junction (HAJ). |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005925] QuickGO AmiGO |