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Adhesions assemble! (A) The coalescence of adhesion proteins into pre-complexes at the leading edge of the cell in the vicinity of the inactive integrins. (B) Following activation, the proteins rapidly assemble onto the cytoplasmic tails of the integrins and create mechanical linkages and signaling hubs. Other proteins are then recruited, and activated, to the adhesion site.
