Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Contributors.
Preface.
1: Cadherins: Molecules and Junctions.
2: Roles of Cadherins and Catenins in Cell−cell Adhesion and Epithelial Cell Polarity.
3: Stability and Dynamics of Cell–cell Junctions.
4: Coordinating Rho and Rac the Regulation of Rho GTPase Signaling and Cadherin Junctions.
5: Versatility of the Cadherin Superfamily.
6: New Insights into the Evolution of Metazoan Cadherins and Catenins.
7: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Desmosomes.
8: The Role of Ve-cadherin in Vascular Morphogenesis and Permeability Control.
9: Clustered Protocadherins and Neuronal Diversity.
10: Delta-protocadherins in Health and Disease.
11: Atypical Cadherins Celsr1–3 and Planar Cell Polarity in Vertebrates.
12: Fat and Dachsous Cadherins.
13: Functions of Cadherins in Development, Health, and Disease.
14: Cadherins and Their Partners in the Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis Elegans.
15: N-cadherin-mediated Adhesion and Signaling from Development to Disease lessons from Mice.
16: Cadherin Dynamics during Neural Crest Cell Ontogeny.
17: Cadherins and Epithelial-to-mesenchymal Transition.
18: E-cadherin Alterations in Hereditary Disorders with Emphasis on Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.
19: Cadherin Defects in Inherited Human Diseases.
20: Cadherin-associated Proteins.
21: Beta-catenin versus the Other Armadillo Catenins assessing Our Current View of Canonical Wnt Signaling.
22: P120 Catenin: an Essential Regulator of Cadherin Stability, Adhesion-induced Signaling, and Cancer Progression.
23: Afadin/af-6 and Canoe: Roles in Cell Adhesion and Beyond.
Index.