Extracellular Matrix
1st Edition
Published on 9. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
848 pages
978-3-7186-5917-3 (ISBN)
Description
Looking at the area of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue, including the results and concepts which have recently been generated, this two-volume set examines tissue function, and molecular components and interactions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7186-5917-3 (9783718659173)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Volume 1: central nervous system; the tectorial membrane - role in sensory transduction in the mammalian inner ear; dentin; skin; lymphatic system; basement membranes; arterial wall; invertebral disc; articular cartilage; tendon and ligaments; synovial matrix - synovial fluid system of joints; lung; glomerulus; Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord. Volume 2: water - dyna mic aspects; collagen superfamily; noncollagenous matrix proteins; elastic tissue, elastin and elastin associated fibrils; hyaluronan; matrix proteoglycans; heparan sulphate proteoglycans; the control of cell growth. Cell-matrix interactions: regulation of gene expression by the extracellular matrix; molecular recognition of the extracellular matrix by cell surface receptors; the role of specific macromolecules in cell-matrix interactions and in matrix function - physicochemical and mechanical mediators of chondrocyte biosynthesis; morphogenesis of connective tissues.