Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on CD44 and its interaction with extracellular
matrix. CD44 is a broadly distributed family of cell surface glycoprotein that has been studied
independently by many investigators in a variety of systems and under a variety of names.
Two reviews clarify the diverse historical nomenclature and present the evidence that has
brought this assortment of molecules and their proposed functions together under the
designation CD44. Study of the structure of the single gene that encodes CD44 reveals the …