AmiGO 2: Term Details for "peg and socket contact" (GO:0044286)

Accession: GO:0044286
Name: peg and socket contact
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: ball and socket contact
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cell-cell contact zone that consists of membrane invaginations extending from either cell, which contain tight-, gap-, and adherens junctions. Peg and socket contacts form between endothelial cells and pericytes, and between lens fiber cells. Source: GOC:tfm, NIF_Subcellular:sao1943947957, PMID:12883993, PMID:17591898, PMID:16166562
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0044286 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to peg and socket contact (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to peg and socket contact (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for peg and socket contact (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
peg and socket contact	is_a	cell-cell contact zone (GO:0044291)

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