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GO: Biological Process
focal adhesion assembly
- Term ID
- GO:0048041
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- adhesion plaque assembly
- focal adhesion formation
- Definition
- The aggregation and bonding together of a set of components to form a focal adhesion, a complex of intracellular signaling and structural proteins that provides a structural link between the internal actin cytoskeleton and the ECM, and also function as a locus of signal transduction activity.
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