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Collagen fiber (gray and curved) in contact with cell membrane (blue). Though the fiber is in contact with the cell where they are close, the shape of the fiber makes additional contact impractical given the limited size of the integrins (green). Some integrins are depicted unattached, and therefore free to diffuse.
