Vinculin and a-catenin bound to actin filaments (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Vinculin and a-catenin bound to actin filaments

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Cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of the cell adhesion proteins vinculin (left, orange) and a-catenin (right, pink) bound to actin filaments (blue).

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Laboratory of Structural Biophysics and Mechanobiology/The Rockefeller University

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