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Nature Cell Biology 10, 422–428 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1704

The NHL-domain protein Wech is crucial for the integrin|[ndash]|cytoskeleton link

Birgit L|[ouml]|er , Reinhard Bauer , Roland Bornheim , Jessica Grell , Elisabeth Kremmer , Waldemar Kolanus & Michael Hoch

Integrin transmembrane receptors mediate cell adhesion through intracellular linker proteins that connect to the cytoskeleton. Of the numerous linker proteins identified, only a few, including Talin and Integrin-linked-kinase (ILK), are essential and evolutionarily conserved.