extracellular matrix
A structure lying external to one or more cells, which provides structural support, biochemical or biomechanical cues for cells or tissues. [ GOC:mah http://www.neurolex.org/wiki/nlx_subcell_20090513 GOC:rph GOC:BHF http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28089324 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21123617 ]
Synonyms: proteinaceous extracellular matrix
Term info
goslim_chembl, goslim_generic, goslim_metagenomics, goslim_pir, goslim_drosophila, prokaryote_subset, gosubset_prok
GO:0005578
matrisome
cellular_component
GO:0031012
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl