Molecular mechanisms of epithelial cell junctions : from development to disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Citi, Sandra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : R.G. Landes Co., 1994.
Series:Molecular biology intelligence unit.
Subjects:
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.