Talins and kindlins: partners in integrin-mediated adhesion
Calderwood DA, Campbell ID, Critchley DR. Talins and kindlins: partners in integrin-mediated adhesion. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2013, 14: 503-517. PMID: 23860236, PMCID: PMC4116690, DOI: 10.1038/nrm3624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin activationAdhesion complexesTalin headAmino-terminal headTalin-vinculin interactionsIntegrin cytoplasmic domainIntegrin activation pathwaysIntegrin extracellular domainIntegrin subunitsShort cytoplasmic tailDefective integrin activationPost-translational modificationsFull-length talinTalin-integrin interactionActin-binding siteImportant control pointTransmit chemicalTalin autoinhibitionDisease-causing mutationsKey PointsIntegrinsActin cytoskeletonProtein talinExtracellular ligandsFocal adhesionsIntegrin tails