extracellular environment, acting as mechanosensing and signaling hubs. As such, IACs
participate in many aspects of cellular motility, tissue morphogenesis, anchorage-dependent
growth and cell survival. Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) has emerged as a critical organizer
of IAC signaling events due to its early recruitment and diverse substrates, and thus has
become a genetic and therapeutic target. Here we present the design and characterization …