Abstract
1. An introduction to adherens junctions: from molecular mechanisms to tissue development and disease Tony Harris Part I: How AJs evolved 2. Evolution of the cadherin-catenin complex Hiroki Oda Part II: How cadherins and catenins interact to assemble AJs 3. The three-dimensional structure of the cadherin-catenin complex Noboru Ishiyama and Mitsuhiko Ikura 4. Biophysics of cadherin adhesion Deborah Leckband and Sanjeevi Sivasankar 5. Adherens junction assembly Sergey Troyanovski Part III: How AJs interface with other cellular machinery 6. The cytoskeleton and classical cadherin adhesions Siew Ping Han and Alpha Yap 7. Immunoglobulin superfamily receptors and adherens junctions Yohei Shimono, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Kenji Mandai, Masahiro Mori and Yoshimi Takai 8. Signaling from the adherens junction Abbye McEwen, David Escobar and Cara Gottardi 9. Adherens junction turnover: regulating adhesion through cadherin endocytosis, degradation, and recycling Benjamin Nanes and Andrew Kowalczyk Part IV: How AJs affect cell behaviour and multicellular development 10. Adherens junctions during cell migration Sandrine Etienne-Manneville 11. Adherens junctions and cadherins in Drosophila development Annalisa Letizia and Marta Llimargas 12. Adherens junctions in C. elegans embryonic morphogenesis Stephen Armenti and Jeremy Nance 13. Cadherin function during Xenopus gastrulation Rudolf Winklbauer 14. Adherens junctions in mammalian development, homeostasis and disease: lessons from mice Barbara Boggetti and Carien Niessen Part V: How AJs affect tissue homeostasis and disease 15. Adherens junctions and stem cells Terry Lechler 16. Adherens junctions and cancer Valeri Vasioukhin 17. Adherens junctions and pathogens entry Georgios Nikitas and Pascale Cossart Index
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