Dictyostelium: a model for regulated cell movement during morphogenesis

Dictyostelium has played an important role in unraveling the pathways that control cell movement and chemotaxis. Recent studies have started to elucidate the pathways that control cell sorting, morphogenesis, and the establishment of spatial patterning in this system. In doing so, they provide new i...

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Published inCurrent Opinion in Genetics & Development Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 421 - 427
Main Authors Firtel, Richard A, Meili, Ruedi
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2000
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Animals
Cell movement
Chemotactic Factors - metabolism
Chemotaxis
Chemotaxis - physiology
Cyclic AMP - metabolism
Dictyostelium
Dictyostelium - metabolism
Dictyostelium - physiology
Models, Biological
Morphogenesis
Signaling pathways
Morphogenesis
Signaling pathways
Dictyostelium
Cell biology
Development
Genetics
Cell movement
Chemotaxis
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Summary:Dictyostelium has played an important role in unraveling the pathways that control cell movement and chemotaxis. Recent studies have started to elucidate the pathways that control cell sorting, morphogenesis, and the establishment of spatial patterning in this system. In doing so, they provide new insights into how cell movements within a multicellular organism are regulated and the importance of pathways that are similar to those that regulate chemotaxis of cells on two-dimensional surfaces during aggregation.
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ISSN:0959-437X
1879-0380
DOI:10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00107-6