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This research was supported by NIH grants CA143868, GM084204, GM080673 and CA85839 to G.D.L. and D.W. S.I.F. was supported by ARCS and NSF-GRFP.
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Y. F. generated YFP-paxillin and GFP-zyxin constructs. S. F. performed all experiments and analysis and co-wrote the manuscript; G. L. and D. W. co-supervised the project and co-wrote the manuscript.
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Fraley, S., Feng, Y., Wirtz, D. et al. Reply: reducing background fluorescence reveals adhesions in 3D matrices. Nat Cell Biol 13, 5–7 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0111-5
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