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. 2009 Aug 10;186(3):317–321. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200811067

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Figure 2. — Expansion of the adhesome through evolution. The number of proteins at each evolutionary stage is shown, broken down according to functional groups as detailed in the colored legend. All doughnuts are divided along the lines of the tetrapod adhesome protein groups and filled with color in proportion to the actual number of proteins.