Persistent cell motion in the absence of external signals: A search strategy for eukaryotic cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Li, Liang ^a   Nørrelkke, Simon F ^a   Cox, Edward C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HISTOGRAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; POLYSPHONDYLIUM PALLIDUM; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FIBROBLAST; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEUTROPHILS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 47749105334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002093     Document Type: Article

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