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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Schiller HB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3059911 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
EMBO reports 20110211 3
A characteristic of integrins is their ability to transfer chemical and mechanical signals across the plasma membrane. Force generated by myosin II makes cells able to sense substrate stiffness and induce maturation of nascent adhesions into focal adhesions. In this paper, we present a comprehensive proteomic analysis of nascent and mature adhesions. The purification of integrin adhesion complexes combined with quantitative mass spectrometry enabled the identification and quantification of known ...[more]