1. Edition - March 2008
132.- Euro
2008. XVI, 302 Pages, Hardcover
43 Fig. (11 Colored Fig.), 3 Tab. 
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31882-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31882-7 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Sample Chapter



Short description
First ever comprehensive book on cell junctions, of fundamental importance to the field of cell biology

From the contents
Overview of Cellular Junctions

CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS
Integrin Transmembrane Signaling
Focal Adhesion
Signaling Through FAK
Focal Adhesion Dynamics
Integrin Trafficking
Hemidesmosomes
Cell Matrix Adhesion in 3 Dimensions

CELL-CELL JUNCTIONS
Epithelial Adherens Junctions
Endothelial Adherens Junctions
Gap Junctions
Tight Junctions
Desmosomes
Junctions Dynamics and Adhesion Receptor Trafficking

CELL-MATRIX AND CELL-CELL CROSSTALK
Adhesion Receptors in Mechanotransduction
Crosstalk Between Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Adhesion