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The writing of this manuscript was supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to R. J. K. and T. L. (Research Unit FOR 2149, Projects P1 [LA 2861/4-1] and P3 [LA 2861/5-1, KI 1460/2-1]; SFB 1047, Project A5; SFB-TR 166 Projects B4 and C3; LA 2861/7-1). K. R. M. acknowledges support from the NIH (R01 NS079445, R01 HD080601).
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Scholz, N., Monk, K.R., Kittel, R.J., Langenhan, T. (2016). Adhesion GPCRs as a Putative Class of Metabotropic Mechanosensors. In: Langenhan, T., Schöneberg, T. (eds) Adhesion G Protein-coupled Receptors. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 234. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41523-9_10
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