Open Directory - Science: Biology: Cell Biology: Cell Membrane and Adhesion
- Cadherin and tumor research at the Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Germany. - Adhesion and desmosomes research at New York University School of Medicine. - Slide presentation for students studying or following the OCR syllabus, written by an AS Biology student in the UK. - Family of transmembrane proteins involved in the extracellular matrix. Includes classification, ligands, structure images, related links, discussion forum and guest book. - Structures, patents, research laboratory rankings, news, jobs resource. - Introduction, staff and publications of research group, at Institut du Fer-à-Moulin, Paris, France. - Research on transport proteins, with emphasis on tranlocation and structure-function analysis. Introduction to projects, publications, theses and staff at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. - Research at the interface relating to drug access, transport and delivery to the pharmacological receptor and the nature of biological barriers. Includes protocols, publication list, and contacts at Cardiff University, Wales. - Structural and immunological information on membrane-bound proteins involved in adhesion. Includes molecule cartoons of human, mouse, rat and other species. - Article by Revathi Ananthakrishnan and Allen Ehrlicher providing an in-depth analysis of cell movement. It includes the specific physics underlying different phases of cell movement, the origins of forces that drive locomotion and the mechanics of polymerization, adhesion and retraction. - Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for cellular development, chemotaxis, motility, cytokinesis defects, phagocytosis and functional genomics, at the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
