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Science 12 December 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5908, pp. 1646 - 1647
DOI: 10.1126/science.1168102
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Perspectives

BIOPHYSICS:
Clutch Dynamics

Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus1 and Margaret L. Gardel1,2

A mechanical model describes how actin cytoskeletal dynamics and cell adhesion control mechanosensing and force generation.

1Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

2Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mail: gardel{at}uchicago.edu

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