The Molecular Biology of Cadherins

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Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xi-xiv

Preface
Pages xv-xviii
Frans van Roy

Chapter One - Roles of Cadherins and Catenins in Cellв€’Cell Adhesion and Epithelial Cell Polarity
Pages 3-23
W. James Nelson, Daniel J. Dickinson, William I. Weis

Chapter Two - Stability and Dynamics of Cell–Cell Junctions
Pages 25-47
Claudio Collinet, Thomas Lecuit

Chapter Three - Coordinating Rho and Rac: The Regulation of Rho GTPase Signaling and Cadherin Junctions
Pages 49-68
Aparna Ratheesh, Rashmi Priya, Alpha S. Yap

Chapter Four - New Insights into the Evolution of Metazoan Cadherins and Catenins
Pages 71-94
Paco Hulpiau, Ismail Sahin Gul, Frans van Roy

Chapter Five - Structure, Function, and Regulation of Desmosomes
Pages 95-118
Andrew P. Kowalczyk, Kathleen J. Green

Chapter Six - The Role of VE-Cadherin in Vascular Morphogenesis and Permeability Control
Pages 119-144
Elisabetta Dejana, Dietmar Vestweber

Chapter Seven - Clustered Protocadherins and Neuronal Diversity
Pages 145-167
Teruyoshi Hirayama, Takeshi Yagi

Chapter Eight - Delta-Protocadherins in Health and Disease
Pages 169-192
Irene Kahr, Karl Vandepoele, Frans van Roy

Chapter Nine - Atypical Cadherins Celsr1–3 and Planar Cell Polarity in Vertebrates
Pages 193-214
Fadel Tissir, AndrГ© M. Goffinet

Chapter Ten - Fat and Dachsous Cadherins
Pages 215-235
Praveer Sharma, Helen McNeill

Chapter Eleven - Cadherins and Their Partners in the Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis elegans
Pages 239-262
Jeff Hardin, Allison Lynch, Timothy Loveless, Jonathan Pettitt

Chapter Twelve - N-Cadherin-Mediated Adhesion and Signaling from Development to Disease: Lessons from Mice
Pages 263-289
Glenn L. Radice

Chapter Thirteen - Cadherin Dynamics During Neural Crest Cell Ontogeny
Pages 291-315
Lisa A. Taneyhill, Andrew T. Schiffmacher

Chapter Fourteen - Cadherins and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Pages 317-336
Alexander Gheldof, Geert Berx

Chapter Fifteen - E-Cadherin Alterations in Hereditary Disorders with Emphasis on Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer
Pages 337-359
Carla Oliveira, Hugo Pinheiro, Joana Figueiredo, Raquel Seruca, FГЎtima Carneiro

Chapter Sixteen - Cadherin Defects in Inherited Human Diseases
Pages 361-384
Aziz El-Amraoui, Christine Petit

Chapter Seventeen - Beta-Catenin Versus the Other Armadillo Catenins: Assessing Our Current View of Canonical Wnt Signaling
Pages 387-407
Rachel K. Miller, Ji Yeon Hong, William A. MuГ±oz, Pierre D. McCrea

Chapter Eighteen - p120 Catenin: An Essential Regulator of Cadherin Stability, Adhesion-Induced Signaling, and Cancer Progression
Pages 409-432
Antonis Kourtidis, Siu P. Ngok, Panos Z. Anastasiadis

Chapter Nineteen - Afadin/AF-6 and Canoe: Roles in Cell Adhesion and Beyond
Pages 433-454
Kenji Mandai, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Yohei Shimono, Yoshimi Takai

Index
Pages 455-465