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Extracellular Matrix Protocols

Editors:

  1. Charles H. Streuli

    1. The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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  2. Michael E. Grant

    1. The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 139)

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Table of contents (29 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Biochemistry of Extracellular Matrix

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xv-xv
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    2. Semipermeabilized Cells to Study Procollagen Assembly

      • Richard R. Wilson, Neil J. Bulleid
      Pages 1-9

  3. Biophysics of Extracellular Matrix Proteins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Quantitative Determination of Collagen Crosslinks

      • Trevor J. Sims, Nicholas C. Avery, Allen J. Bailey
      Pages 11-26

    8. Confocal-FRAP Analysis of ECM Molecular Interactions

      • Timothy Hardingham, Philip Gribbon
      Pages 83-93

    9. Electron Cryomicroscopy of Fibrillar Collagens

      • Roger S. Meadows, David F. Holmes, Chris J. Gilpin, Karl E. Kadler
      Pages 95-109

    11. ECM Macromolecules: Rotary Shadowing and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

      • Michael J. Sherratt, Helen K. Graham, Cay M. Kielty, David F. Holmes
      Pages 119-132

  4. Molecular Biology of Extracellular Matrix Genes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Screening for Mutations in Cartilage ECM Genes

      • Michael D. Briggs
      Pages 133-145

    3. Tissue-Specific KO of ECM Proteins

      • Emilio Hirsch, Mara Brancaccio, Fiorella Altruda
      Pages 147-178

    4. Homologous Gene Targeting to Study ECM Assembly

      • Francesco Ramirez, Friedrich Laub, Hideaki Sumiyoshi
      Pages 179-185

    5. Enhancer Analysis of the α1(II) and α2(XI) Collagen Genes in Transfected Chondrocytes and Transgenic Mice

      • Noriyuki Tsumaki, Ying Liu, Yoshihiko Yamada, Paul Krebsbach
      Pages 187-195

    6. Retroviral Delivery of ECM Genes to Cells

      • Kyonggeun Yoon, Vitali Alexeev
      Pages 197-208
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About this book

It is now widely accepted that much of the dynamic function of cells and tissues is regulated from outside the cell by the extracellular matrix. In ad- tion to its conventional role in providing a scaffold for building tissues, the extracellular matrix acts as a directional highway for cellular movement and provides instructional information for promoting survival, proliferation, and differentiation. Indeed, the extracellular matrix is beginning to take a starring role in the choreography of cell and tissue function. The diverse roles of the extracellular matrix are reflected in its highly complicated structure, consisting of an ever increasing number of components. Yet the mechanisms of extracellular matrix assembly and how they influences cell behavior are only just beginning to be understood. In order to solve these problems new methodologies are, of necessity, being developed. Many of these technologies are highly sophisticated and are currently available only in a ha- ful of laboratories. However, we believe that they can readily be transported and established by other researchers. Thus, the purpose of Extracellular Matrix Protocols is to present some of these complicated techniques in a style that is relatively easy to reproduce.
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"This would be most useful to a lab researcher who had not previously been studying the role of the ECM in biological systems, and who wished to do so. Having all the practical protocols for preparing, assaying, and studying these important molecules in a small volume could be very useful for such a researcher."-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Charles H. Streuli, Michael E. Grant

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Extracellular Matrix Protocols

  • Editors: Charles H. Streuli, Michael E. Grant

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1385/1592590632

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-063-6Published: 05 February 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 370

  • Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cell Biology

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