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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 85, 期 9-10, 页码 981-989出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.01.012
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chemotaxis; Dictyostelium discoideum; microfluidics
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The chemotactic response of Dictyostelium discoideum cells to stationary, linear gradients of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) was studied using microfluidic devices. In shallow gradients of less than 10(-3) nM/mu m, the cells showed no directional response and exhibited a constant basal motility. In steeper gradients, cells moved up the gradient on average. The chemotactic speed and the motility increased with increasing steepness up to a plateau at around 10(-1) nM/mu m. In very steep gradients, above 10 nM/mu m, the cells lost directionality and the motility returned to the sub-threshold level. In the regime of optimal response the difference in receptor occupancy at the front and back of the cell is estimated to be only about 100 molecules. (c) 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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