| id | GO:0048041 Detailed information
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| name | focal adhesion assembly
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "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." [GOC:jid, GOC:mah]
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| synonym | "focal adhesion formation" RELATED [GOC:mah]
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| is_a | GO:0007044 ! cell-substrate junction assembly
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| relationship | part_of GO:0007160 ! cell-matrix adhesion
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