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Evidence for the mechanosensor function of filamin in tissue development.
Scientific reports - 6 Sept 2016
Huelsmann Sven, Rintanen Nina, Sethi Ritika, Brown Nicholas H, Ylänne Jari
Abstract excerpt
Cells integrate mechanical properties of their surroundings to form multicellular, three-dimensional tissues of appropriate size and spatial organisation. Actin cytoskeleton-linked proteins such as talin, vinculin and filamin function as mechanosensors in cells, but it has yet to be tested whether the mechanosensitivity is important for their function in intact tissues. Here we tested, how filamin mechanosensing...
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