Front Cover; International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Allurin, an Amphibian Sperm Chemoattractant Having Implications for Mammalian Sperm Physiology; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Sperm-egg communication during fertilization; 1.2 Physiological changes in sperm; 2 Sperm Chemoattraction: Measuring Allurin's Chemoattraction Activity; 2.1 Quantitative sperm chemotaxis assays; 2.2 Sperm tracking assays; 3 Purification of Allurin from Frog Egg Jelly; 4 Synthesis and Secretion of Allurin in the Frog Oviduct; 4.1 Extracellular coats of frog eggs

4.2 Hormone-dependent expression of allurin in the frog oviduct5 Release of Allurin from Jellied Eggs at Spawning; 5.1 Release and binding of allurin to frog sperm; 5.2 Response of sperm to chemoattractants; 6 Allurin as a Chemoattractant for Mammalian Sperm; 7 Allurin as a Member of the CAP Superfamily of Proteins; 8 Crisp Subfamily-A Source of Reproductively Important Proteins; 8.1 Crisp 1; 8.2 Crisp 2; 8.3 Crisp 3; 8.4 Crisp 4; 8.5 Crisp lddl proteins; 8.6 Crisp-related glioblastoma proteins; 9 Crisp Gene Cluster and Its Allurin-Like Products

2.3 Homeostasis of adherens junctions2.3.1 Assembling adherens junctions: Motion of E-cadherin within the membrane; 2.3.2 Endocytosis and renewal as ways of maintenance and remodeling of adherens junctions; 2.3.2.1 Technical aspects on dynamics and endocytosis studies; 2.3.2.1.1 Biochemical labeling of cell surface cadherin; 2.3.2.1.2 Optical techniques for dynamic measurements; 2.3.2.1.3 Perturbation of endocytosis; 2.3.2.2 E-cadherin endocytosis in disrupting cell-cell contacts; 2.3.2.3 E-cadherin endocytosis in stable cell-cell contacts

2.3.2.4 Spontaneous assembly and active disassembly in mature junctions3 Mechanisms and Regulation of E-cadherin Endocytosis at Cell-Cell Junctions; 3.1 Adhesive bonds and E-cadherin cycles at junctions; 3.2 Regulation of E-cadherin endocytosis/exocytosis; 3.2.1 Regulation by intracellular traffic machinery; 3.2.1.1 Regulators of endocytosis; 3.2.1.1.1 Arf6; 3.2.1.1.2 Ubiquitination; 3.2.1.2 Regulators of exocytosis; 3.2.1.2.1 Secretory pathway; 3.2.1.2.2 Recycling endosome and the exocyst complex; 3.2.1.2.3 Microtubules; 3.2.2 Regulation by metalloprotease cleavage