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Direct tensile force activates Adgrl3 in a tethered agonist-dependent manner
Jesper Holmkvist, Luis E. Hamel Ascanio, Younes Farhangi Barooji…·Signe Mathiasen
The paper shows that direct tensile force on Adgrl3's N-terminus activates G protein recruitment in living cells, requiring a functional tethered agonist and force-driven conformational changes.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.27.706744