This book provides a wealth of practical information relating to this area of intense research in cell biology. It describes the methods essential to the identification and characterization of the molecules that mediate cellular interactions in a variety of systems. Invaluable to a wide range of biological scientists, the book includes methods for preparing relevant probes, analysing adhesive 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.