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Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

Carsten Grashoff, Brenton D. Hoffman, Michael D. Brenner, Ruobo Zhou, Maddy Parsons, Michael T. Yang, Mark A. McLean, Stephen G. Sligar, Christopher S. Chen, Taekjip Ha,

Nature · 2010 · 1.5K citations · 27 references

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Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

Nathalie Q. Balaban, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Daniel Riveline et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2001 · 2.1K citations

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Cells lying on a bed of microneedles: An approach to isolate mechanical force

John L. Tan, Joe Tien, Dana M. Pirone et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 2K citations · Full text

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Focal Contacts as Mechanosensors

Daniel Riveline, Eli Zamir, Nathalie Q. Balaban et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2001 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Vinculin controls focal adhesion formation by direct interactions with talin and actin

Jonathan D. Humphries, Pengbo Wang, Charles Streuli et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2007 · 907 citations · Full text

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The relationship between force and focal complex development

Catherine G. Galbraith, Kenneth M. Yamada, Michael P. Sheetz · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2002 · 894 citations · Full text

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