Visualizing Vinculin's Tension (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Without the protein myosin to pull on it, vinculin can been seen to relax in this human cell (lower right) as the colors shift from blue to red as FRET increases.

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Taekjip Ha

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