connective tissue cell (IMAGE)
Caption
The figure shows a connective tissue cell in which the adhesion protein talin has been modified. As long as no laser light with a suitable wavelength is switched on, the cell forms normal adhesion structures, which are important for attachment to the surrounding tissue (left). Irradiation with short laser pulses leads to a rupture of the talin connection, the importance of which immediately becomes clear: without intact talin connections, the cell can no longer hold on to the underlying substrate and collapses (right).
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AG Grashoff
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