Collagen and basement membranes: discovery and progress / George R. Martin and Karl A. Piez -- Supramolecular organization of basement membranes / Peter D. Yurchenco and Jules O'Rear -- Dermal-epidermal adhesion in skin / Robert E. Burgeson -- Basement membrane molecules in vertebrate nervous system / Joshua R. Sanes -- Glomerular basement membrane: biology and physiology / B.S. Kasinath and Yashpal S. Kanwar -- Role of water of hydration in filtration function of proteoglycans of basement membrane / Christine L. Haskin, Ivan L. Cameron and David H. Rohrbach -- Genes and regulation of basement membrane collagen and laminin synthesis / Yoshihiko Yamada and Klaus Kuhn -- Structure and function of laminin / Jurgen Engel -- Laminin and collagen IV variants and heterogeneity in basement membrane composition / Mats Paulsson -- Proteoglycans of basement membranes / Douglas M. Noonan and John R. Hassell -- Other basement membrane proteins and their calcium-binding potential / Rupert Timpl and Monique Aumailley.

(cont) Integrin structure and ligand specificity in cell-matrix interactions / Randall H. Kramer, Judy Enenstein and Nahid S. Waleh -- Proteoglycans of plasma membranes: multiple functions in cell surface biology / Alan C. Rapraeger -- Peptide sequences in matrix proteins recognized by adhesion receptors / Martin J. Humphries -- Role of basement membrane in differentiation / Hynda K. Kleimman [and others] -- Extracellular matrix-bound growth factors, enzymes, and plasma proteins / Israel Vlodavsky [and others] -- Role of extracellular matrix in cell migration and invasion / Simon L. Goodman -- Basement membrane in development / Peter Ekblom -- Molecular aspects of basement membrane pathology / David H. Rohrbach and Valerie A. Murrah -- Alport syndrome and other inherited basement membrane disorders / Karl Tryggvason, Jing Zhou and Sirkka Liisa Hostikka.