The Extracellular Matrix: an Overview

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mecham, Robert P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Σειρά: Biology of Extracellular Matrix
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Molecular biology.; Proteins.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Protein Science.; Molecular Medicine.

Knowledge of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential to understand cellular differentiation, tissue development, and tissue remodeling. This volume of the series “Biology of Extracellular Matrix” provides a timely overview of the structure, regulation, and function of the major macromolecules th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• An overview of extracellular matrix structure and function
•  Fibronectin and other adhesive glycoproteins
•  Collagen: suprastructures and collagen fibril assembly.-  Asement membrane; Hyaluronan and the Aggregating Proteoglycans
• The small, leucine-rich proteoglycans
• Microfibrils and fibrillin
• Elastin
• Lysyl oxidase and lysyl oxidase-like enzymes
• The Fibulins
• Matricellular proteins.