Under-agarose folate chemotaxis of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae in permissive and mechanically inhibited conditions

BioTechniques

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1140-1149

  Laevsky, G ^a   Knecht, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FOLATE CHEMOTAXIS;

BIOASSAY;

AGAROSE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; FOLIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; CELL SHAPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0035168658     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/01315rr03     Document Type: Article

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