Aggregated social amoebae need physical contact rather than chemical signals for motivation
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 08:50
in Biology & Nature
Collective cell migration, in which groups of cells move together with a common purpose, is important for processes ranging from wound healing to tumor metastasis. Migrating cells respond to a combination of physical cues elicited by cell-to-cell contact and waves of chemical signals sent out by local cells to attract others to their location.