Molecular mechanisms of epithelial cell junctions : from development to disease /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin, TX :
R.G. Landes Co.,
1994.
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| Series: | Molecular biology intelligence unit.
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Table of Contents:
- Molecular structure and function of invertebrate junctions
- Electron microscopic structure and evolution of epithelial junctions
- The roles of gap junctions in early development
- The role of cell adhesion and intercellular junctions during vertebrate early development
- The molecular composition of tight junctions.
- Extracellular and intracellular regulation of junction assembly in epithelial cells
- Tight junctions : their modulation under physiological and pathological states
- Desmosomal cadherins and their cytoplasmic interactions
- The desmosomal plaque : role in attachment of intermediate filaments to the cell surface.
- Structure and assembly of gap junctions
- Physiological and pharmacological regulation of gap junction channels
- Molecular organization of the plaque structure of cadherin-based cell-to-cell adherens junctions and its possible involvement in tumorigenesis and metastasis
- The role of E-cadherin mediated cell adhesion in tumor metastasis
- Molecular mechanisms of pemphigus diseases.
- Molecular mechanisms of keratin gene disorders and other bullous diseases of the skin
- Role of integrins in cell-substratum attachment and polarity of normal and neoplastic epithelial cells.