Propagating waves of directionality and coordination orchestrate collective cell migration.

The ability of cells to coordinately migrate in groups is crucial to enable them to travel long distances during embryonic development, wound healing and tumorigenesis, but the fundamental mechanisms underlying intercellular coordination during collective cell migration remain elusive despite consid...

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Main Authors: Assaf Zaritsky, Doron Kaplan, Inbal Hecht, Sari Natan, Lior Wolf, Nir S Gov, Eshel Ben-Jacob, Ilan Tsarfaty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109844?pdf=render