Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template
Open Access
- 30 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 196 (3), 363-374
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201107042
Abstract
Lamellar actin architecture at adhesion sites may serve as a structural template that facilitates focal adhesion maturation over a wide range of tension.Keywords
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