| Term: | dorsal aorta focal adhesion assembly |
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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: | dorsal aorta |
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| Synonyms: | DA, dorsal aortic root |
| Definition: | Principal unpaired, median artery of the trunk, leading from the paired roots (radices) of the dorsal aorta to the caudal artery. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000014] |
| Name: | focal adhesion assembly |
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| Synonyms: | 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0048041] QuickGO AmiGO |