Current topics in membranes : basement membranes / edited by effrey H. Miner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Integrating Activities of Laminins that Drive Basement Membrane Assembly and FunctionPeter D. Yurchenco Laminin-a2 Chain-Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: Pathophysiology and Development of TreatmentMadeleine Durbeej Type IV Collagens and Basement Membrane Diseases: Cell Biology and Pathogenic MechanismsMao Mao, Marcel V. Alavi, Cassandre Labelle-Dumais and Douglas B. Gould Epidermal Basement Membrane in Health and DiseaseCristina Has and Alexander Nystroem Applying Proteomics to Investigate Extracellular Matrix in Health and DiseaseMichael Randles and Rachel Lennon Molecular Basis of Laminin-Integrin InteractionsMasashi Yamada and Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi Cell Receptor-Basement Membrane Interactions in Health and Disease: A Kidney-Centric ViewCorina M. Borza, Xiwu Chen, Roy Zent and Ambra Pozzi The Basement Membrane Proteoglycans Perlecan and Agrin: Something Old... Something NewKevin J. McCarthy Building From the Ground Up: Basement Membranes in Drosophila DevelopmentAdam J. Isabella and Sally Horne-Badovinac Basement Membranes in the Worm: A Dynamic Scaffolding that Instructs Cellular Behaviors and Shapes TissuesMatthew R. Clay and David R. Sherwood