Force-dependent vinculin binding to talin in live cells: a crucial step in anchoring the actin cytoskeleton to focal adhesions

Vinculin Regulates the Recruitment and Release of Core Focal Adhesion Proteins in a Force-Dependent Manner

(2013) Alex Carisey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Vinculin–actin interaction couples actin retrograde flow to focal adhesions, but is dispensable for focal adhesion growth

(2013) Ingo Thievessen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Sculpting Organs: Mechanical Regulation of Tissue Development

(2012) Celeste M. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

3D Coupling of Fibronectin Fibril Arrangement with Topology of Ventral Plasma Membrane

(2012) Hiroaki Hirata et al.   CELL COMMUNICATION AND ADHESION

Force- and Ca2+-dependent internalization of integrins in cultured endothelial cells

(2011) D. Kiyoshima et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Analysis of the myosin-II-responsive focal adhesion proteome reveals a role for β-Pix in negative regulation of focal adhesion maturation

(2011) Jean-Cheng Kuo et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

ReCLIP (Reversible Cross-Link Immuno-Precipitation): An Efficient Method for Interrogation of Labile Protein Complexes

(2011) Andrew L. Smith et al.   PLoS One

Early integrin binding to Arg-Gly-Asp peptide activates actin polymerization and contractile movement that stimulates outward translocation

(2011) C.-h. Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanotransduction In Vivo by Repeated Talin Stretch-Relaxation Events Depends upon Vinculin

(2011) Felix Margadant et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Stretchy Proteins on Stretchy Substrates: The Important Elements of Integrin-Mediated Rigidity Sensing

(2010) Simon W. Moore et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Myosin II activity regulates vinculin recruitment to focal adhesions through FAK-mediated paxillin phosphorylation

(2010) Ana M. Pasapera et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Dissecting the molecular architecture of integrin adhesion sites by cryo-electron tomography

(2010) Israel Patla et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Multi-level molecular clutches in motile cell processes

(2009) Grégory Giannone et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Nonmuscle myosin II is responsible for maintaining endothelial cell basal tone and stress fiber integrity

(2008) Zoe M. Goeckeler et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

(2008) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical forces facilitate actin polymerization at focal adhesions in a zyxin-dependent manner

(2008) H. Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin stress fibers transmit and focus force to activate mechanosensitive channels

(2008) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Fluctuations of intracellular forces during cell protrusion

(2008) Lin Ji et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Talin depletion reveals independence of initial cell spreading from integrin activation and traction

(2008) Xian Zhang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

How Force Might Activate Talin's Vinculin Binding Sites: SMD Reveals a Structural Mechanism

(2008) Vesa P. Hytönen et al.   PLoS Computational Biology