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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 102, Issue 4 763-768, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists
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B Van Duijn and PJ Van Haastert
Cell Biology and Genetics Unit, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Chemotaxis is cell movement in the direction of a chemical and is composed of two component: movement and directionality. The directionality of eukaryotic chemotaxis is probably derived from orientation: the detection of the spacial gradient of chemoattractant over the cell length. Chemotaxis was investigated in eukaryotic Dictyostelium discoideum cells that were permeabilized by high-voltage discharges. These permeable cells respond chemotactically to extracellular cAMP. However, locomotion is impaired if the Ca2+ concentration is clamped at submicromolar concentrations; interestingly, these non-motile cells still form pseudopodia and elongate in the direction of the cAMP gradient. These results imply that locomotion and orientation during Dictyostelium chemotaxis are independently regulated.
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