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A cell junction that forms a connection between a cell and the extracellular matrix. A cell junction at which anchoring proteins (cadherins or integrins) extend through the plasma membrane and are attached to actin filaments. An adherens junction which connects a cell to the extracellular matrix. A cell-substrate junction found at the terminal anchorage site of skeletal muscle cells to tendons.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: muscle tendon junction
Acc: GO:0005927
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A cell-substrate junction found at the terminal anchorage site of skeletal muscle cells to tendons.
Synonyms:
  • myotendinous junction
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 18 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 18 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0005927 - muscle tendon junction (interactive image map)
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