A Stretchy Protein Senses Forces in Cells (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

A Stretchy Protein Senses Forces in Cells

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Desmoplakin protein (green) connects keratin intermediate filaments inside a cell to cadherins outside.

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Sanjeevi Sivasankar, UC Davis

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