Publisher's Synopsis
This volume brings together the work of scientists from different fields of biological/biomedical research whose activities concentrate on cellular adhesion related to a variety of physiological and pathophysiological conditions. In this respect, the common players among diverse biological systems are the multifunctional adhesive protein, vitronectin and . related components; several chapters are devoted to the role of vitronectin receptors in relation to different physiological settings.;This volume will be of great value to haematologists, cell biologists, clinical biochemists and immunologists, and molecular biologists.
