Cell Contact & Extracellular Matrix
This topic page includes information and resources on tissues, skin, cell junctions, basement membrane, and related topics.
Resources
Images | Labs | Forums | Literature | Education
Images
ASCB Image & Video Library (our peer-reviewed collection of cell biology images specifically on Cell Contact and Extracellular Matrix)
Labs
Argraves
lab, Medical University of South Carolina (molecular basis for ECM
function)
Ginsberg
lab, University of California, San Diego (genetic strategies for analysis
of integrin signaling)
Healy
lab, Berkeley (artificial ECM biomimetic materials)
Plopper lab,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (interaction of adhesion proteins with
ECM molecules)
Schwarzbauer
lab, Princeton (cell-ECM interactions in C elegans)
Forums
Interact with colleagues on ASCB's Cell Contact and Extracellular Matrix Community Forum.
Literature
Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. Chapter 5: Cell Membrane and Extracellular Matrix Section (commentaries by experts on landmark papers in the extracellular matrix field, with links to many of the original papers).
Education
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Biology & Engineering of the ECM: PowerPoints by Dr. George Plopper, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Recommended Resources
Streuli CH, Bailey N, Bissell MJ. Control of mammary epithelial differentiation: basement membrane induces tissue-specific gene expression in the absence of cell-cell interaction and morphological polarity. J Cell Biol [serial online]. 1991;115:1383-1395.
In this seminal paper, Streuli, Bailey and Bissell showed the cultured cells could be induced to differentiate. (Find out why it's so important.
