Term Name: focal adhesion disassembly
Synonyms:
Definition: The disaggregation of a focal adhesion into its constituent components. A focal adhesion is a complex of intracellular signaling and structural proteins that provides a structural link between the internal actin cytoskeleton and the ECM, and also functions as a locus of signal transduction activity.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0120181]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cell-substrate junction disassembly
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of focal adhesion disassembly
positively regulated by: positive regulation of focal adhesion disassembly
regulated by: regulation of focal adhesion disassembly