Leucocyte Adhesion book cover  Leucocyte Adhesion  Current
Topics in Membranes provides a systematic, comprehensive, and
rigorous approach to specific topics relevant to the study of
cellular membranes. This volume provides a review of the latest
developments in leukocyte adhesion. Regulation of cell adhesion
is important for immune system function.   Researchers in
biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and immunology
Hardbound, 300 Pages  Published: November 2009  Imprint:
Academic Press  ISBN: 978-0-12-374909-3     • 1. Membrane
composition and properties      1. Lipid rafts (open)     2.
Membrane tethers (R Waugh, Rochester)     3. Microvilli (JY
Shao, Wash U)     4. Whole cell deformation (D Khismatullin,
Tulane)      2. Adhesion molecules      1. Integrin activation
(M. Shimaoka, Harvard)     2. Cytoskeletal anchoring (Fred
Pavalko, Iowa)     3. No tile yet (Alon, Weizman)     4. Catch
bonds (Cheng Zhu, Georgia Tech and Roger McEver, OMRF)     5.
Modeling adhesion (Pospieszalska/Ley, LIAI)     6.