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Providing a wealth of practical information relating to this area of intense research in cell biology, this book describes the methods essential to the identification and characterization of the molecules that mediate cellular interactions in a variety of systems. The type of communicationbetween a cell and its immediate environment are closely related to the phenotype of that cell and the structure and function of the tissues and organs in which the cell resides. Invaluable to a wide range of biological scientists, the book includes methods for preparing relevant probes, analyzingadhesive and junctional interactions in multicellular organizations, determining which structural features of a relevant molecule are functionally important, and for assaying the consequences of cell-cell interactions in cell culture.