Moving Forward Moving Backward: Directional Sorting of Chemotactic Cells due to Size and Adhesion Differences

Jos Käfer; Paulien Hogeweg; Athanasius F. M Marée

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020056

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Moving Forward Moving Backward: Directional Sorting of Chemotactic Cells due to Size and Adhesion Differences

Jos Käfer,

¤ Current address: Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Paulien Hogeweg,

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Athanasius F. M Marée

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: A.F.M.Maree@bio.uu.nl

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Moving Forward Moving Backward: Directional Sorting of Chemotactic Cells due to Size and Adhesion Differences

Jos Käfer,
Paulien Hogeweg,
Athanasius F. M Marée

Published: June 9, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020056

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Posted by Toaster on 15 Sep 2008 at 20:00 GMT

I found that this article did an excellent job of drawing together elements that at first glance seem disparate into a cohesive model of cell sorting.

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