E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

α-Catenin Uses a Novel Mechanism to Activate Vinculin

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The Cytoskeletal Protein α-Catenin Unfurls upon Binding to Vinculin

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Vinculin associates with endothelial VE-cadherin junctions to control force-dependent remodeling

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Spatial organization of the extracellular matrix regulates cell-cell junction positioning

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Myosin II activity dependent and independent vinculin recruitment to the sites of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion

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A Mechanoresponsive Cadherin-Keratin Complex Directs Polarized Protrusive Behavior and Collective Cell Migration

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Epithelial Protein Lost In Neoplasm (EPLIN) Interacts with α-Catenin and Actin Filaments in Endothelial Cells and Stabilizes Vascular Capillary Networkin Vitro

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Cell wound repair inDrosophilaoccurs through three distinct phases of membrane and cytoskeletal remodeling

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Mechanosensitive EPLIN-dependent remodeling of adherens junctions regulates epithelial reshaping

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Cadherins at cell-autonomous membrane contacts control macropinocytosis

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Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

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Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

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Emerging role for ERM proteins in cell adhesion and migration

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Strength Dependence of Cadherin-Mediated Adhesions

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αE-catenin regulates actin dynamics independently of cadherin-mediated cell–cell adhesion

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Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

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Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

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α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development

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Regulation of cell motile behavior by crosstalk between cadherin- and integrin-mediated adhesions

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Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

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Integrins and Extracellular Matrix in Mechanotransduction

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Role of E-Cadherin in Membrane-Cortex Interaction Probed by Nanotube Extrusion

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Rigidity-Dependent Cross Talk between Integrin and Cadherin Signaling

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Physical forces during collective cell migration

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Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

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Cell adhesion receptors in mechanotransduction

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Identification of a novel intermediate filament-linked N-cadherin/γ-catenin complex involved in the establishment of the cytoarchitecture of differentiated lens fiber cells

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Characterization of an improved donor fluorescent protein for Förster resonance energy transfer microscopy

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A Molecular Clutch between the Actin Flow and N-Cadherin Adhesions Drives Growth Cone Migration

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