FA	Focal adhesion
ECM	Extracellular matrix
LD motif	Leucine–aspartic acid motif
VBD	Vinculin-binding domain
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
ILK	Integrin-linked kinase
p130Cas	Crk-associated substrate
RIAM	Rap1-interacting adaptor molecule
FRET	Förster (Fluorescence) Resonance Energy Transfer
ABS	Actin-binding site
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
EPEC	Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
EHEC	Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
E4orf4	E4 open reading frame 4
CaM-LD	Calmodulin-like domain
iPalm	Interferometric photoactivation and localization microscopy
NES	Nuclear export sequence
NIS	Nuclear import sequence
PABP1	Poly(A)-binding protein 1
AR	Androgen receptor
ePABP	Polyadenylation binding protein
GR	Glucocorticoid receptor
NMP4	Nuclear matrix protein 4
HPV	Human papillomavirus
KSHV	Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus
AGS	Adenocarcinoma gastric epithelial cells
RGD	Arg-Gly-Asp
PAI	Pathogenicity island
Vh	Vinculin head domain
Vt	Vinculin tail domain
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
MLC	Myosin light chain
MEF	Mouse embryonic fibroblasts
HBMEC	Human brain microvascular endothelial cell
TK	Thymidine kinase