The Extracellular Matrix: an Overview

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mecham, Robert P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Biology of Extracellular Matrix
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.