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Frans Ek

Tampere UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8142-6681Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 11, 2026

Talin controls the spatial distribution of vinculin tension in focal adhesions

Till Kallem, Yanyu Guo, Meghan K Reynolds…·Benjamin Thomas Goult

The paper shows that the A50I vinculin mutation is not talin-binding-null and that talin is essential for organizing vinculin tension gradients in focal adhesions.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.07.722930

experimental assaycell signaling & trafficking