Cell shape and behaviour for accurate chemotaxis
Eukaryotic chemotaxis involves distinct cell shapes, with movement in shallow gradients dominated by split pseudopods and a single, broad leading edge in steep gradients, but little is known about the significance of these modes. In this thesis, I demonstrate that the shape of aggregating Dictyostel...
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Imperial College London
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.656626 |