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Focal Adhesions

Known as: Plaques, Adhesion, Adherens Junctions, Cell-Matrix, Cell to matrix adherens junction 
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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (1)

Adherens Junction
C-Type Mannose Receptor 2Cell AdhesionCell surfaceCell-Matrix Junction

Narrower (1)

Hemidesmosomes

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Studies on the microspheres comprised of reconstituted collagen and hydroxyapatite.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The attachment and growth behavior of osteoblast-like cells on microtextured surfaces.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Protein adsorption and human osteoblast-like cell attachment and growth on alkylthiol on gold self-assembled monolayers.
Protein adsorption and growth of primary human osteoblasts on self-assembled monolayers of alkylthiols on gold (SAMs) with… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Enhanced expression of the osteoblastic phenotype on substrates that modulate fibronectin conformation and integrin receptor binding.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Behaviour of nitinol in osteoblast-like ROS-17 cell cultures.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Dephosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and Loss of Focal Contacts Precede Caspase-mediated Cleavage of FAK during Apoptosis in Renal Epithelial Cells*
The relationship between focal adhesion protein (FAK) activity and loss of cell-matrix contact during apoptosis is not entirely… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mutation of the cytoplasmic domain of the integrin beta 3 subunit. Differential effects on cell spreading, recruitment to adhesion plaques, endocytosis, and phagocytosis.
The cytoplasmic domain of the beta subunit of the alpha IIb beta 3 integrin is required for cell spreading on fibrinogen. Here we… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Expression of normal and mutant avian integrin subunits in rodent cells [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1989 Oct;109(4 Pt 1):1187]
We describe the expression of the beta 1 subunit of avian integrin in rodent cells with the purpose of examining the structure… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cingulin: characterization and localization.
Cingulin, a protein component associated with the tight junctions of chicken intestinal epithelium, has been purified to… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Spatial distribution of proteins specific for desmosomes and adhaerens junctions in epithelial cells demonstrated by double immunofluorescence microscopy.
The spatial relationships between the protein constituents to two junctional structures, adhaerens junctions and desmosomes, were… 
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