Studying cell adhesion

By A. S. G. Curtis, Pierre Bongrand

Subjects: Methode, Research, Cellen (biologie), Messung, Cell adhesion, Zelladha˜sion, Cell Adhesion, Adhesie, Cytological Techniques, Methodology

Description: Cell adhesion - the attachment of cells to any surface such as other cell membranes or tissues - is a complex process. In many physiological and pathological processes adhesion of a cell is the first critical step. A wide spectrum of the most powerful techniques currently available to study the basic membrane-membrane or membrane-substrate interaction, structural properties and dynamics of cell surface molecules is presented in this strategy book. Sophisticated quantitative approaches as well as comprehensible semi-quantitative methods are described. The detailed theoretical background allows the critical assessment and application of these techniques.