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Distinct developmental roles for direct and indirect talin-mediated linkage to actin.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 2010
Franco-Cea Ari, Ellis Stephanie J, Fairchild Michael J, Yuan Lin, Cheung Tsz Ying Sylvia, Tanentzapf Guy
Abstract excerpt
Transmembrane adhesion receptors, such as integrins, mediate cell adhesion by interacting with intracellular proteins that connect to the cytoskeleton. Talin, one such linker protein, is essential to connect extracellular matrix-bound integrins to the cytoskeleton. Talin can connect to the cytoskeleton either directly, through its actin-binding motifs, or indirectly, by recruiting other actin-binding proteins....
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