FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term peg and socket contact ID (Ontology) GO:0044286 (Gene Ontology)
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.[ PubMed:12883993 PubMed:16166562 PubMed:17591898 ]
Also Known As "ball and socket contact"
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
  QuickGO data     AmiGO data
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
No relevant records available
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
No relevant records available
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
No relevant statements available
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
  cell-cell junction
   |__cell-cell contact zone
       |__peg and socket contact
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a cell-cell contact zone
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts
NIF_Subcellular:sao1943947957