PUBLICATION

Cell migration: sinking in a gradient

Authors
Moissoglu, K., Majumdar, R., and Parent, C.A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140317-8
Date
2014
Source
Current biology : CB   24(1): R23-R25 (Other)
Registered Authors
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
  • Lateral Line System/embryology*
  • Cell Movement/physiology*
  • Chemotactic Factors/metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Receptors, CXCR/metabolism*
PubMed
24405672 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Moissoglu, K., Majumdar, R., and Parent, C.A. (2014) Cell migration: sinking in a gradient. Current biology : CB. 24(1):R23-R25.
Abstract

How chemoattractant gradients form and persist in complex tissues is a key question in cell migration. Two studies now show that CXCR7 acts as a sink in the migrating zebrafish lateral line primordium to generate SDF1 gradients.

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