Podosomes
"Podosomes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Actin-rich adhesive structures found at the ventral surface of metazoan ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. When found in cultured cancer cells they are referred to as invadopodia. These are matrix-degrading structures composed of an ACTIN CYTOSKELETON core and an INTEGRINS-containing ring complex.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069261
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.180.695 A11.436.275.841
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| Concept/Terms |
Podosomes- Podosomes
- Podosome
- Invadopodium
- Invadopodiums
- Invadopodia
- Invadosomes
- Invadosome
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