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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R667–R680. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.031

Figure 3: Structure of junctions that link adhesion to the actomyosin cytoskeleton:

Figure 3:

Adherens junction (A), and focal adhesions (B) share common organizational principles that facilitate dynamic attachment to the F-actin cytoskeleton, including stratification into a similar set of functionally distinct compartments that enable: (1) extracellular force transduction, (2) adhesion regulation, (3) intracellular force transduction, and (4) F-actin regulation.