title: Integration of cell adhesion reactions--a balance of forces?
abstract: The rearrangement of receptors by oligomeric adhesion molecules constitutes a configurational mechanism able to sculpture membranes and dislocate receptors from cytoplasmic anchorage. This provides a conceptual framework for complex cellular processes in mechanical terms, as a dynamic balance between extracellular and intracellular driving forces.
authors.affiliation: University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. otto.schmidt@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D004705:Endocytosis; D008024:Ligands; D008954:Models, Biological; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface