EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND EGG COATS

1. The Physical and Biochemical Properties of the Extracellular Matrix Regulate Cell Fate
Jonathon M. Muncie and Valerie M. Weaver
2. Matricellular Proteins: Functional Insights From Non-mammalian Animal Models
Josephine C. Adams
3. Collagen Fibril Assembly and Function
David F. Holmes, Yinhui Lu, Tobias Starborg and Karl E. Kadler
4. Basement Membranes in Development and Disease
Rei Sekiguchi and Kenneth M. Yamada
5. Extracellular Determinants of Arterial Morphogenesis, Growth, and Homeostasis
Robert P. Mecham and Francesco Ramirez
6. Structure, Function, and Development of the Tectorial Membrane: An Extracellular Matrix Essential for Hearing
Richard J. Goodyear and Guy P. Richardson
7. Extracellular Matrix (ECM) and the Sculpting of Embryonic Tissues
Bette J. Dzamba and Douglas W. DeSimone
8. The Fish Egg’s Zona Pellucida
Eveline S. Litscher and Paul M. Wassarman
9. Egg-Coat and Zona Pellucida Proteins of Chicken as a Typical Species of Aves
Shunsuke Nishio, Hiroki Okumura and Tsukasa Matsuda
10. The Mouse Egg’s Zona Pellucida
Paul M. Wassarman and Eveline S. Litscher
11. Conceptus Coats of Marsupials and Monotremes
Stephen Frankenberg and Marilyn B. Renfree
12. The Human Egg’s Zona Pellucida
Satish K. Gupta
13. Structure of Zona Pellucida Module Proteins
Marcel Bokhove and Luca Jovine
14. Egg Coat Proteins Across Metazoan Evolution
Emily E. Killingbeck and Willie J. Swanson

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