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- Title
Transmembrane crosstalk between the extracellular matrix--cytoskeleton crosstalk.
- Authors
Geiger, B; Bershadsky, A; Pankov, R; Yamada, K M
- Abstract
Integrin-mediated cell adhesions provide dynamic, bidirectional links between the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton. Besides having central roles in cell migration and morphogenesis, focal adhesions and related structures convey information across the cell membrane, to regulate extracellular-matrix assembly, cell proliferation, differentiation, and death. This review describes integrin functions, mechanosensors, molecular switches and signal-transduction pathways activated and integrated by adhesion, with a unifying theme being the importance of local physical forces.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2001, Vol 2, Issue 11, p793
- ISSN
1471-0072
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/35099066