CELL ADHESION

By D. DINII

LIST OF CONTENTS PART I CADHERINS CADHERIN ADHESION: MECHANISMS AND MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF ADHERENS JUNCTIONS AND DESMOSOMES CADHERINS IN DEVELOPMENT CADHERINS IN CANCER IN VIVO FUNCTIONS OF CATENINS THE MOLECULAR COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF DESMOSOMES PART II INTEGRINS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX REGULATION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION BY INTEGRINS INTEGRINS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN ANIMAL MODELS HEMIDESMOSOMES: MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR CELL ADHESION AND DISEASE PART III IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY CEA-RELATED CAMS ROLES OF NECTINS IN CELL ADHESION, SIGNALING AND POLARIZATION IG SUPERFAMILY CELL ADHESION MOLECULES IN THE BRAIN PART IV PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF CELL ADHESION ADHESION MECHANISMS OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS PHARMACOLOGY OF PLATELET ADHESION AND AGGREGATION