Nanoscale mechanobiology of cell adhesions

S **a, P Kanchanawong - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Proper physiological functions of cells and tissues depend upon their abilities to sense,
transduce, integrate, and generate mechanical and biochemical signals. Although such …

Actin retrograde flow actively aligns and orients ligand-engaged integrins in focal adhesions

V Swaminathan, JM Kalappurakkal… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Integrins are transmembrane receptors that, upon activation, bind extracellular ligands and
link them to the actin filament (F-actin) cytoskeleton to mediate cell adhesion and migration …

Mechanosensation: a catch bond that only hooks one way

V Swaminathan, GM Alushin, CM Waterman - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Single-molecule force spectroscopy and modeling have revealed that the adhesion
molecule vinculin and F-actin form a catch bond that is dependent on the direction of forces …

Knockout and complementation of non-muscle α-actinin-1 and-4 reveals new aspects of their role in stress fiber formation, focal adhesion organization and cell …

A Timper - 2019 - kops.uni-konstanz.de
Knockout and complementation of non-muscle α-actinin-1 and -4 reveals new aspects of
their role in stress fiber formation, foca Page 1 Knockout and complementation of non-muscle …