2012
Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension
Coyer SR, Singh A, Dumbauld DW, Calderwood DA, Craig SW, Delamarche E, García AJ. Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension. Journal Of Cell Science 2012, 125: 5110-5123. PMID: 22899715, PMCID: PMC3533393, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal adhesionsForce transductionFA assemblyCytoskeletal tensionExtracellular matrixIntegrin activationFocal adhesion assemblyVinculin head domainExpression of talinNon-migrating cellsVinculin mutantsCytoskeleton tensionAdhesion assemblyECM ligandsMyosin contractilityAdhesive areaStable assemblyIntracellular pathwaysTransductionAssemblyStructural linkPathwayStructural linkagesTraction forceCells
2003
Structural Determinants of Integrin Recognition by Talin
Garcı́a-Alvarez B, de Pereda JM, Calderwood DA, Ulmer TS, Critchley D, Campbell ID, Ginsberg MH, Liddington RC. Structural Determinants of Integrin Recognition by Talin. Molecular Cell 2003, 11: 49-58. PMID: 12535520, DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00823-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBidirectional signal transductionFragment of talinIntegrin adhesion receptorsFERM domainIntegrin tailsCytoplasmic domainCytoplasmic proteinsSignal transductionIntegrin linkagesTransmembrane receptorsTalinMutational analysisAdhesion receptorsDomain recognitionCell interiorIntegrin recognitionStructural determinantsLigand interactionsNovel variantsStructural paradigmFragmentsTransductionReceptorsTailDomain