podosomes

podosomes
Punctate substratum-adhesion complexes in osteoclasts. Contain vinculin, talin, fimbrin and F-actin. Podosomes form a broad ring of contacts with the underlying bone and the enclosed area below the cell is then absorbed.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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